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today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board.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. 43
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SHINYA MATSUDA, NORIYUKI OKISU and HIROSHI NAGASHIMA
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Appeal No. 2001-0877
Application 08/530,434
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, GROSS and BARRY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-33 and 35. Claim
34 was indicated by the examiner to be allowable. In response to
the filing of appellants’ appeal brief, the examiner withdrew the
rejection of claims 28-30 and 35 [answer, page 2]. Therefore,
this appeal is directed to the rejection of claims 1-27 and 31-
33.
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