Ex Parte Inoue 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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the                   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 TSUYOSHI INOUE, KENJI SANO, YOSHIKI KOBAYASHI,                      
          KENICHI SHIBATA, KEIJI HAYASHI, MITSURU HORADA, KOMAHARU MATSUI,                  
                        YU AKAKI, TAKESHI EDA, and HIROSHI UEDA                             
                              ___________                                                   
                                   Appeal No. 2005-2508                                     
                               Application No. 09/874,314                                   
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                                         ON BRIEF                                           
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          Before KIMLIN, WALTZ, and KRATZ, 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 and 2, 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                     
          sheet for protecting a paint film, where the sheet comprises a                    
          substrate having a rubber-based pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA)                 
          layer formed on one side, and the PSA layer comprises a rubbery                   




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