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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ICHIRO OGAWA and ISAO NAKAJO
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Appeal No. 2002-1481
Application No. 09/005,836
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HEARD: FEBRUARY 13, 2003
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Before COHEN, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to allow
claims 1 through 6, as amended subsequent to the final rejection.
These claims constitute all of the claims in the application.
Appellants’ invention pertains to an electromagnetic shield
for use with a circuit board having circuit devices. A basic
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claims 1 and 4, respective copies of which appear in
the CLAIMS APPENDIX to the main brief (Paper No. 18).
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