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publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MAKOTO SAITO,
SYUJI HAGIHARA
and HIROKI NAKAYAMA
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Appeal No. 1998-2775
Application 08/574,544
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HEARD: May 3, 2000
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Before MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, STAAB
and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges.
MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 5 through 11. The rejection of
claim 11 as set forth in the final office action (Paper No.
6 mailed April 17, 1997) has not been carried forward and
restated in the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 13, mailed
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