Ex parte MANO et al. - Page 1




                    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               written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding        
               precedent of the Board.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. 39         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                      Ex parte HIROYUKI MANO, KIYOKAZU NISHIOKA,                      
                         TOSHIO FUTAMI, and KIYOSHIGE KINUGAWA                        
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                                 Appeal No. 1998-1319                                 
                              Application No. 08/466,188                              
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                                  HEARD: May 15, 2000                                 
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          Before FLEMING, GROSS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 9, 10, 15, and 18 through 44, which are                 
          all of the claims pending in this application.                              
               Appellants' invention relates to a method of displaying a              
          multi-tone image in response to an analog image signal and a                
          matrix display device which displays the multi-tone image.                  






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