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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 48
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TAKESHI KITANAKA, ATSUSHI MASUDA
and YOSHIO UTSUGI
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Appeal No. 2002-0074
Application No. 08/800,758
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HEARD: March 21, 2002
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Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 11 to
16, which are all of the claims pending in this application.1
We AFFIRM.
1 While the examiner has approved entry of the amendment after final rejection to claim 12 (Paper
No. 34, filed January 12, 2001), we note that this amendment has not been clerically entered.
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