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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SEIICHI AIKAWA, FUMIKO MATSUZAWA and MAYUMI TOMIKAWA
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Appeal No. 1998-2378
Application No. 08/390,862
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 5, 6, 12, 16, 20, 24,
28 and 30-32, all of the pending claims.
The invention is directed to a common structure extraction apparatus. More
particularly, structures common to two three-dimensional structures formed by two
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