Ex Parte Kitahara et al - 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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    _____________                                     
            Ex parte HIROTOMO KITAHARA, YASUAKI MATSUI, MASAKI KOROYASU,              
                  AKIRA OKUNO, KATSUSHIGE TSUKUYA, and DAIMON UEDA                    
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 2005-0777                                  
                             Application No. 10/081,881                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    
          Before KIMLIN, PAK, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s            
          final rejection of claims 1 through 8, which are the only claims            
          pending in this application.  We have jurisdiction pursuant to              
          35 U.S.C. § 134.                                                            
               According to appellants, the invention is directed to a                
          lamination apparatus for forming lamination layers of film on               
          posters or advertising flyers, where the laminate film is                   
          provided as a sheet on a roll held on a shaft (Brief, page 2).              




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