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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TAKAO NAKAMURA AND
MICHITOMO IIYAMA
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Appeal No. 2000-0281
Application 08/907,494
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRATZ, TIMM, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.
MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner’s final rejection of
claims 1 - 7 and 12-15. Claims 9-11 have been canceled. Claim 8 is indicated to be
allowable if rewritten to include all the limitations of the claims from which it depends.
CLAIMS
Claim 1 is representative of the claims on appeal and reads as follows:
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