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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KAZUMI SAKUMOTO, HIROSHI ODAGIRI, SUSUMU FUJITA, MASAFUMI
HOSHINO and TOUYA AKASE
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Appeal No. 2004-1675
Application No. 09/638,214
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, PAK, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges.
PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s refusal to allow claims 16 through 39, which are all of
the claims pending in the above-identified application.
APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER
The subject matter on appeal is directed to a self-luminous
display element driving device. See the Specification, page 1.
Further details of the appealed subject matter are recited in
claims 16, 24 and 32 reproduced below:
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