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(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte AKIO OMIYA
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Appeal No. 1998-2965
Application No. 08/589,156
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-4, all of the claims
pending in the application.
The invention is directed to a photographic camera in which part of the battery
chamber is formed integrally with the fixed lens barrel in order to reduce camera size and
manufacturing costs.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
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