Ex Parte Kitagawa 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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                
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                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                  
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                       
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                                            Ex parte HIROAKI KITAGAWA,                                                  
                                    CHIYOKO KITAGAWA and KAORI KITAGAWA                                                 
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                                                 Appeal No. 2005-1226                                                   
                                               Application No. 10/151,179                                               
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                         
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              Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                         
              BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                        

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                      
                     This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 2,                   
              4-11 and 32.  Claim 3 has been cancelled and claims 12-31 stand withdrawn from                            
              consideration.                                                                                            
                                                   BACKGROUND                                                           
                     The appellants’ invention relates to a time conversion sticker for use on a watch                  
              or clock to help the user determine what time it is in another city without re-setting the                
              watch or clock.  As explained on page 2 of appellants’ specification,                                     
                            [a]ccording to the present invention, a transparent sticker                                 
                            with world major city marks printed converts an ordinary                                    
                            clock to a world clock only by being attached on the face of a                              





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