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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ATSUHITO NODA, SHIGEYUKI HOSHIKAWA
and SHIGERU ANDO
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Appeal No. 2000-0967
Application 08/932,545
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-17, which constitute
all the claims in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a flexible printed
circuitry member comprising an elongated flexible insulating
substrate having a plurality of conductors on one side of the
substrate and a conductive grounding grid on the opposite side of
the substrate. A particular feature of the invention is that the
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