The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte EIICHIRO NAKAZONO and AKITOMO YAMASHITA
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Appeal No. 2002-0500
Application No. 09/258,320
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, FLEMING, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 1, 5-11, 14-20, 24-26, and 32-39. The
appellants appeal therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We affirm-in-part.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal is a fan for cooling a semiconductor device.
Figures 7 and 8 of the appellants' specification show a conventional such fan. (Spec.
at 1.) In the conventional fan, a housing 141 having an open side and a cup-shape is
protrusively formed on a recess of a frame 101. The housing secures a sleeve 105.
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