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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HITOSHI HAYAMA, KENJI WATANABE,
TAKANOBU KAMEDA, and TOMOYUKI SHIMMURA
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Appeal No. 2000-0359
Application No. 08/777,393
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ON BRIEF
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Before FLEMING, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
The examiner rejected claims 1 and 12. The appellants
appeal therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue in this appeal generally relates
to laying out characters in a defined area, e.g., for the
printing surface of a label. Conventional character layout
used in word processors, for example, employs a uniform
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