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for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SHUICHI SHIMIZU et al.
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Appeal No. 1999-1530
Application No. 08/728,6071
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 to 3, 8 to 19 and 21. Claims 4 to 7 2
and 20 have been allowed. No claim has been canceled.
We AFFIRM.
1Application for patent filed October 10, 1996.
2Claim 1 was amended subsequent to the final rejection.
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