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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MITSUO HATTORI,
HITOSHI FURUTA,
and
HIROKAZU MAEDA
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Appeal No. 1999-0990
Application No. 08/647,562
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HEARD: OCTOBER 9, 2001
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Before GARRIS, WALTZ, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 and 3 through
5, which are the only claims remaining in this application.1
1Appellants’ amendment subsequent to the final rejection,
dated Jan. 6, 1998, Paper No. 10, cancelled claim 2 and was
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