Ex Parte Hirahara - Page 1



            The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.         


                   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                          
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                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                             
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                                Ex parte EDWIN HIRAHARA                               
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                                 Appeal No. 2005-0558                                 
                              Application No. 10/280,994                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before FRANKFORT, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  

               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 18 through 20.  Claims 1 through 17, 23, 25             
          and 26 stand allowed.  Claims 21 and 22 are objected to as being            
          dependent upon a rejected base claim, but have been indicated to            
          be allowable if rewritten in independent form.  Claim 24 has been           
          canceled.                                                                   







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