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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte YASUHIRO KOMATSU, SHUNJI MURAOKA
SHUJI OSAWA and HIDEKI NISHIYAMA
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Appeal No. 1999-1319
Application No. 08/495,390
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HEARD: May 10, 2001
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Before KRASS, BARRETT and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-4, all of the pending
claims.
The invention is directed to input devices; more particularly to sensitive coordinate
input devices. A sensitive member, made of a dielectric, extends across
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