THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
This opinion was not written for publication and
is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 29
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte AKITO NAGAI,
KENJI KITA, and
SHIGEKI SAGAYAMA
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Appeal No. 95-4221
Application No. 08/086,5691
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HEARD: 4 November 1998
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Before HAIRSTON, KRASS and TORCZON, Administrative Patent
Judges.
TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
In this appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final
rejection of claims 4-8, all of the pending claims, we
reverse.
BACKGROUND
The claimed subject matter on appeal pertains to a
continuous speech recognition device. Appellants argue the
claims as a single group comprising two independent apparatus
claims (claims 4 and 8) and a single independent method claim
(claim 6). Claims 4 and 8 are written in means-plus-function
1 Attorney docket no. 394-1162A (50428-854).
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