The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte YOSHIKI TAKEOKA, MIKIO WATANABE,
FUMIHIRO FUNAZAKI, and HIROYUKI KURASE
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Appeal No. 2002-1735
Application No. 08/903,878
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HEARD: May 22, 2003
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Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 1-18 and 39-41. The appellants appeal
therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal concerns a printer controller and a printer
connected by a bus. The printer controller supplies the printer with image data via the
bus; the printer prints an image, which is represented by the image data, at a constant
speed. (Spec. at 1.)
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