THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today (1) was not written for publication in a law
journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 20
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 SAKUMA and AKIHIRO MORI
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Appeal No. 97-2776
Application No. 08/252,3631
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ON BRIEF
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Before WEIMAR, NASE, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.
NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's rejection
of claims 24 through 29, 31 and 32, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.2
1Application for patent filed June 1, 1994.
2Subsequent to the final rejection, the appellants filed an
amendment (Paper No. 11) proposing to cancel claims 23 and 30,
amend claims 24 through 27 and 29, and add claims 31 and 32. The
examiner subsequently entered that amendment and withdrew the
rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph.
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