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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MASATAKA FUKUDA,
YASUNOBU MATSUMOTO, and
TOMOKO KONDO
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Appeal No. 2002-1557
Application No. 09/305,746
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ON BRIEF
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Before SCHEINER, MILLS, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
GREEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
An oral hearing in this case was scheduled for January 23, 2003. Upon
reviewing the case, however, we have determined that an oral hearing will not be
necessary and we render the following decision based on the record. See 37
CFR § 1.194(c).
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 2-14. Claim 6 is representative of the subject matter on
appeal, and reads as follows:
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