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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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 TORU NAKAMURA, TOSHIMI NISHIOKA, TAKUYA HOGA,
NOBUYUKI KUROKAWA, JUNICHI FUKUZAWA, HORST-TORE LAND
and FREDY HELMER-METZMANN
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Appeal No. 2006-2693
Application No. 09/000,330
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, GRIMES, and LINCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal involves claims to toner. The examiner has rejected the claims as
obvious and inadequately described. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134. We
affirm the obviousness rejection and reverse the written description rejection.
Background
The specification describes “toner for developing an electrostatically charged
image of a heat roller type copier or printer.” Page 7. The toner contains binder resin,
colorant and charge control agent. The colorant may be carbon black, diazo yellow,
phthalocyanine blue, quinacridone, carmine 6B, monoazo red, or perylene. Id.
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