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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte YASUNORI UETANI, YASUNORI DOI, KAZUHIKO HASHIMOTO,
HARUYOSHI OSAKI and RYOTARU HANAWA
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Appeal No. 1997-2593
Application No. 08/160,290
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HEARD: October 23, 2000
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Before JOHN D. SMITH, LIEBERMAN, and TIMM, Administrative
Patent Judges.
JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
final rejection of claims 1, 7, 10, 14, 18, 22, and 23.
In light of appellants’ "Grouping of Claims" in the brief
at page 4, we reproduce appealed claims 1 and 10 below which
are representative of the two groups of appealed claims for
which appellants seek separate consideration:
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