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law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TAKASHI MATSUMOTO, HAJIME TSUJIKAWA, HAYASHI SHUNICHI, SATORU
KONDO, ATSUSHI UTSUMI and TAMOTSU KAIDE
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Appeal No. 96-3717
Application 08/229,1151
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HEARD: February 9, 1999
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Before FRANKFORT, WEIFFENBACH and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges.
WEIFFENBACH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims
12-30. Claim 31, the only other claim remaining in the application, stands allowable. We affirm-in-part
and enter new grounds of rejection of claims 12-31 pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b) and remand this
1Application for patent filed April 18, 1994. According to appellants, the application is a continuation of
Application 07/845,598 filed March 4, 1992, now abandoned.
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