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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte YOSHIO SATOH, OSAMU IKATA, HIDEMA UCHISIHIBA,
TAKASHI MATSUDA, TOKIHIRO NISHIHARA,
MITSUO TAKANATSU, and HAJIME TANIGUCHI
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Appeal No. 2001-2200
Application No. 09/286,328
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HEARD: January 23, 2002
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Before JERRY SMITH, LALL, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.
BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1-45, which are all the claims in this application for reissue of U.S.
Patent 5,773,917 ("the '917 patent").
We affirm-in-part, and enter a new ground of rejection in accordance with 37
CFR § 1.196(b).
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