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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of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 YUKIO TANAKA, AKIO TAKIMOTO, KOJI AKIYAMA,
YASUNORI KURATOMI, JUNKO ASAYAMA and
HISAHITO OGAWA
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Appeal No. 1999-0578
Application 08/217,641
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, GROSS and LEVY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-5, 8, 9, 14-
26, 29 and 30. Claims 6, 7, 10-13, 27 and 28 were indicated
to contain allowable subject matter in the final rejection.
In response to the appeal brief, the examiner withdrew the
rejection of claims 5, 9 and 14-26. Therefore, this appeal is
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