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was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.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. 39
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte YUKIHISA TAKEUCHI and KOJI KIMURA
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Appeal No. 1998-0865
Application No. 08/488,455
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HEARD: November 28, 2001
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Before FLEMING, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 2 through 6 and 8 through 12, which are
all of the claims pending in this application.
Appellants' invention relates to a piezoelectric device
with a piezoelectric transducer on a ceramic substrate. The
substrate has a thin-walled portion defining a recess within
the substrate and being curved into the recess. The
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