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for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 MASAAKI ITOH, MARI UCHIDA,
MITSUO KUDOH and TADAO OTANI
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Appeal No. 1999-0404
Application No. 08/580,256
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HEARD: April 5, 2000
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Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, NASE and
GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges.
NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection (Paper No. 9, mailed May 28, 1997) of claims 1 to
16, which are all of the claims pending in this application.1
1Claims 7, 9, 11, 15 and 16 were amended subsequent to
the final rejection.
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