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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte NORISHIGE YAMAGUCHI, HIROYUKI MORITA, HIDEAKI TOKUGAWA,
KAZUHIRO HASHIMOTO and AKIHIRO SUGAWARA
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Appeal No. 2002-2092
Application 09/328,467
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HEARD: April 8, 2003
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Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 4 and 7 through 10, and from the
examiner’s refusal to allow claims 5 and 6 as amended subsequent
to the final rejection in a paper filed June 29, 2001 (Paper No.
13). Claims 1 through 10 are all of the claims pending in this
application.1
1 As noted in the advisory action mailed July 17, 2001
(Paper No. 14), following entry of the amendment of June 29,
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