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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TOMOKO YAMADA and SHINJI ITOH
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Appeal No. 2001-2697
Application No. 08/770,048
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HEARD: September 19, 2002
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Before BARRETT, DIXON, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEVY, 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 2, 3, and 5, which are all
of the claims pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to a method of producing a
composite image. An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 2, which is reproduced
as follows:
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