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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 TAKESHI ICHITSUKA,
TETSURO OGAWA,
MASAYA SUMITA,
AKIHIKO YOKOO,
and
KATSUMI KAWAMURA
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Appeal No. 1997-3813
Application No. 08/371,205
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, PAK, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.
DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s final rejection of claim 62, the only
claim pending in the subject application.1
1In response to the final Office action of January 11,
1996, the appellants submitted a paper captioned “AMENDMENT
UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 1.116” proposing the cancellation of claim
62. (Papers 10 and 11.) The examiner indicated in the
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