Ex Parte INAMINE - Page 1




                 The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                
                 today was not written for publication in a law journal                              
                 and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                          
                                                                          Paper No. 19               


                          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                  
                                                                                                    
                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                     
                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                            
                                                                                                    
                                    Ex parte NOBORU INAMINE                                          
                                                                                                    
                                      Appeal No. 2001-0830                                           
                                   Application No. 08/917,718                                        
                                                                                                    
                                       HEARD: MAY 22, 2001                                           
                                                                                                    

           Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.                          
           KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                       


                                       DECISION ON APPEAL                                            


                 This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of                            
           claims 1, 4, 5 and 8-16, all of the pending claims.                                       
                 The invention is directed to an interface between a computer                        
           and an image-forming apparatus best illustrated by reference to                           
           representative independent claim 1, reproduced as follows:                                


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