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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SATOSHI ITAMI, KAZUO NAKASHIMA, and KENICHI UTSUMI
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Appeal No. 1998-2658
Application No. 08/507,981
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Heard: January 23, 2001
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Before THOMAS, Hecker, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-3, 5-10, and 12,
which are all of the claims pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a software
processing apparatus. Specifically, an apparatus is provided
for writing software to a medium, or reading software from a
medium, only if identification information in the software
corresponds to identification information stored in a user
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