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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 35
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MANABU INOUE, KEIJI TAMAI,
SHIGEAKI IMAI and KATSUYUKI NANBA
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Appeal No. 1999-2687
Application 08/174,353
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO and BARRY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING
Appellants request that we reconsider our decision of
January 14, 2002 wherein we sustained the rejection of claims 1,
3-6, 8-12, 14-16, 21, 23-28, 31, 33-35 and 37-40 as unpatentable
under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 or 103.
We have reconsidered our decision of January 14, 2002 in
light of appellants’ comments in the request for rehearing, and
we find no errors therein. We, therefore, decline to make any
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