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journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the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. 33
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TOMOYA KITAZUME, TAKASHI YAMAZAKI and KENJI MIZUTANI
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Appeal No. 1996-0672
Application No. 08/164,7741
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HEARD: September 16, 1999
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Before METZ, JOHN D. SMITH and LIEBERMAN, Administrative
Patent Judges.
JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4, and 5.
A copy of appealed claim 1 is reproduced in an attached
appendix to this decision.
1Application for patent filed December 10, 1993.
According to the appellants, the application is a
continuation-in-part of Application No. 07/949,104, filed
August 31, 1992, now abandoned.
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