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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of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. 26
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HARUMI WATANABE, MINORU YAMADA,
MITSUNORI HIRANO and HISASHI OKADA
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Appeal No. 1998-0434
Application 08/620,745
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HEARD: February 22, 2001
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Before OWENS, KRATZ, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative
Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of
claims 1, 3-7 and 10. Claims 8, 9, 11 and 12, which are all
of the other claims remaining in the application, stand
withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being directed
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