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today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board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 KAZUAKI WATANABE,
SHINICHI KATO AND
BUNJI ISHIMOTO
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Appeal No. 2005-1629
Application No. 10/001,256
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HEARD: MARCH 23, 2006
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Before WARREN, WALTZ, and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
REQUEST FOR REHEARING
This is a decision on appellants’ Request for Rehearing (hereafter “Request”)
dated May 30, 2006, submitted under the provisions of 37 CFR § 41.52 (2005), where
appellants request rehearing of the merits panel Decision dated March 30, 2006
(hereafter the “Decision”). The Decision affirmed the examiner’s rejections of claims 1,
3 and 8 through 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over JP ‘525 or
Anton, each in view of Sano (Decision, page 3).
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