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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 45
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MITSUAKI DOI and MASATSUGU OKUYAMA
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Appeal No. 1997-2656
Application No. 07/907,472
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On Request for Rehearing
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Before JERRY SMITH, DIXON, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING
This is a decision on a Request for Rehearing, filed Nov. 18, 2001, requesting
rehearing of our decision, mailed Sep. 18, 2001 affirming the examiner’s rejection of
claims 1-9. Claims 10-12 were filed in an amendment filed with appellants’ reply brief in
response to a new ground of rejection, but we found no rejection of these claims.
Therefore, claims 1-9 were before us on appeal in this application.
We GRANT the Request for Rehearing and modify our decision to AFFIRM-IN-
PART.
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