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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HARUNOBU KUSUMOTO
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Appeal No. 2001-2533
Application No. 09/372,988
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-4.1
Claims 6-8 have been allowed and claims 5 and 9 have been canceled.
We AFFIRM-IN-PART.
1Claim 2 was amended after the final rejection.
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