Appeal 1997-1635
Application 08/319,667
e. The abstract makes a reference to what it
calls a PATENT FAMILY. Listed as family members are the
following two relatives.
(1) J59048438-A 84.03.19 (8417) (JP) and
(2) J91003646-B 91.01.21 (9107) (JP).
f. Based on our expedition through the record,
we feel more or less comfortable in assuming that "90 48438"
is the same as "03-3646", at least for the purpose of this
appeal. So that--unlike us--the examiner, applicants and the
public will not have to guess in the future, we attach as
Appendix 2 a copy of a translation of Japanese Patent8
Application Document No. 03-3646 which we have consulted in
deciding this appeal.
g. "EP-A-270999" probably means European
Patent Application 0 270 999 A1, published 15 June 1988. PTO
Translation No. 97-2570, prepared under the direction of the
Scientific Library, (1) appears in the record, (2) is attached
as Appendix 3 and (3) is the document which we have consulted
in deciding the appeal.
Applicants also supplied a translation of Japanese Patent Application Document8
No. 03-3646. The translation supplied by applicants is not verified. Accordingly, we
feel more comfortable relying on a translation provided by the Scientific Library.
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