The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TOSHIKI YANAGI
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Appeal No. 2004-0071
Application No. 09/888,445
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ON BRIEF
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Before CAROFF, GARRIS, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.
CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claim 1. As acknowledged in appellant’s reply
brief, claim 2, the only other claim in appellant’s application,
stands withdrawn from consideration as being drawn to a non-
elected invention and, thus, is not before us on appeal.
Claim 1, the sole claim on appeal, is directed to a porous
sheet substrate from which pieces are to be cut or removed. In
order to facilitate later removal of the pieces from the
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