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today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board.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 EIICHI AKUTSU, HIROSHI TAKAYAMA, SHIGEHITO ANDO,
KENJI OGI and YASUHIRO UEHARA
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Appeal No. 1998-2215
Application 08/700,578
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, WARREN and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of
claims 1-8, 10-15 and 19-24, which are all of the claims
remaining in the application.
THE INVENTION
The appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a
device for heating and fixing a toner image in an image
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