Ex Parte TAKAHASHI et al - Page 1




          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 34                
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
                             Ex parte SHIGEKI TAKAHASHI                               
                                 and NIHEI KAISHITA                                   
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2002-1908                                  
                               Application 09/097,013                                 
                                     ___________                                      
                              HEARD: February 19, 2003                                
                                     ___________                                      
          Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Shigeki Takahashi et al. appeal from the final rejection               
          (Paper No. 21) of claims 1 through 11, all of the claims pending            
          in the application.                                                         
                                   THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to “an apparatus and method for                  
          aligning a multiplicity of [electronic] chip parts in a row and             











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