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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KIYOSHIGE MURAOKA
and
TOSHIRO MATSUO
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Appeal No. 2001-0080
Application No. 08/577,217
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HEARD: May 23, 2002
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Before LIEBERMAN, DELMENDO, and MOORE, 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 1, 6 through 9, 11, and
12, which are the only claims pending in the above-identified
application.1
1 In reply to the final Office action of July 16, 1999
(paper 19), the appellants submitted an amendment pursuant to 37
CFR § 1.116 (1981) on February 28, 2000 (paper 25), proposing a
change to claim 6. The examiner indicated in the advisory
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