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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SHUNJI WATANABE, TSUGIO SAKAI, and HIDEO SAKAMOTO
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Appeal No. 1998-2190
Application No. 08/593,266
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, WALTZ, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 54 through 56, 58, 60, 62, 63,
65 through 69, and 71 through 81, which are the only claims
remaining in this application (Brief, page 3; Answer, page 2).1
1Appellants have submitted three amendments subsequent to
the final rejection, dated July 28, 1997, Paper No. 22, Nov. 3,
1997, Paper No. 26, and Apr. 27, 1998, Paper No. 31. All of
these amendments have been entered by the examiner (see the
Answer, page 2, paragraph (4), and the Letter dated May 12, 1998,
Paper No. 32).
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