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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 TETSUO NISHIKAWA,
KAZUO HARUTA,
TOSHIAKI SAKAKI, and
TETSUO MIZOGUCHI
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Appeal No. 2006-2811
Application No. 09/973,646
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ON BRIEF
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Before GRIMES, LINCK, and LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal involves claims to a thermoplastic resin. The examiner has rejected
the claims as anticipated or obvious. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134. We
reverse.
Background
The present application was filed on October 9, 2001. The Declaration filed with
the application lists four inventors. It also refers to a prior application, JP 11-95712,
filed in Japan on April 2, 1999, but indicates that priority is not claimed.
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