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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TETSURO ITO
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Appeal No. 2000-1347
Application No. 08/740,283
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Tetsuro Ito appeals from the final rejection of claims 1
through 16. Claims 23 through 29, the only other claims
pending in the application, stand allowed.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “a fixing device for heating and
thereby fixing an unfixed image such as a toner image to a
record member bearing the unfixed image in an image forming
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