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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HIDEHEI KAGEYAMA, SHOUJI ANZAI and YOSHIHIDE MITSUYA
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Appeal No. 2001-2361
Application No. 09/411,369
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 3, all of the claims pending in the
application.
Appellants' invention relates to a double-chuck mechanical
pencil having an adapter (3) combined with the pencil's barrel
(1) and lead tank (4) so that the back chuck (5) and front chuck
(11) are able to slide axially within the barrel, but are
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