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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MASAYUKI UMEHARA,
KAZUMASA SUGIYAMA and HITOSHI KAWASAKI
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Appeal No. 2000-2020
Application 09/050,558
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HEARD: May 22, 2002
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Before KRASS, RUGGIERO and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-7, which are all of the claims pending in the present
application.
The claimed invention relates to the mounting of an electric
light bulb having a positioning ring to the base of the bulb and
secured by welding. Elastic pieces and weld pieces are formed on
a fitting hole of the positioning ring through which the base of
the bulb is inserted. The elastic pieces resiliently abut
against an outer peripheral surface of the base and the weld
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