The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 26
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MASARU AKIBA, MASAYUKI NAKAGAWA, TOMOYOSHI TSURUFUJI,
SHUNJI SUNAGA, and KOICHI ITO
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Appeal No. 2000-0530
Application No. 08/811,192
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HEARD: NOVEMBER 28, 2000
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Before COHEN, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 27,
28, and 35 through 46. These claims constitute all of the
claims remaining in the application.
Appellants’ invention pertains to a fishing rod and to an
inter-line fishing rod. A basic understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 27
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