Ex parte TSUJI et al. - Page 1




                                   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                                  and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 49                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                         Ex parte KIYOSHI TSUJI, AKINOBU UCHIKUBO, KENJI KIMURA,                                                                        
                                                MASAHITO GOTO and TSUTOMU HIRAI                                                                         
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                                                          Appeal No. 2001-0321                                                                          
                                                    Application No. 08/888,671                                                                          
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                                                          HEARD: April 3, 2001                                                                          
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                 Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent                                                                             
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          Kiyoshi Tsuji et al. appeal from the final rejection                                                                          
                 (Paper No. 35) of claims 64, 68, 70 and 71, all of the claims                                                                          
                 pending in the application.1                                                                                                           
                                                               THE INVENTION                                                                            
                          The invention relates to an electronic endoscope system                                                                       
                 which is defined in representative claim 64 as follows:                                                                                

                          1Claim 68 has been amended subsequent to final rejection.                                                                     





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