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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 26
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CHISHIRO TANABE
and
YUJI YAMAGUCHI
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Appeal No. 1999-1835
Application No. 08/654,976
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HEARD: November 27, 2001
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Before KIMLIN, OWENS, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent
Judges.
DELMENDO, 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 5 through 8, 10, 13,
15, 16, and 18 in the above-identified application.1 Claim 19,
1 In reply to the final Office action, the appellants
submitted an amendment under 37 CFR § 1.116 (1981) on July 1,
1998 (paper 13), proposing the cancellation of claims 14 and 17
and changes to claims 8, 13, 15, and 18. The examiner has
entered this amendment for purposes of this appeal. (Advisory
action of July 14, 1998, paper 14.)
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