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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MASAHIRO KATAYAMA
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Appeal No. 2001-2495
Application 09/110,876
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, WALTZ and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3-7
and 9-14. Claims 2 and 8, the other claims remaining the present
application, have been indicated as allowable by the examiner.1
Claims 1 and 5 are illustrative and a copy of these claims
is appended to this decision.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
1 The examiner’s § 103 rejection of claim 8 has been withdrawn (see
footnote at page 2, in answer).
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