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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 26
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MASAHIRO SUMIDA
and YUICHI YAMAZAKI
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Appeal No. 2002-1164
Application 09/159,767
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Masahiro Sumida et al. appeal from the final rejection
(Paper No. 19) of claims 9 through 18, all of the claims pending
in the application.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “a paper web folding and cutting
apparatus particularly for a form printing press” (specification,
page 1). Representative claim 9 reads as follows:
9. A paper web folding and cutting apparatus comprising:
a paper web traveling path along which a continuous paper
web can travel at a predetermined traveling speed and in a paper
web traveling direction;
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