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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 45
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HIROYUKI ASAI and YOICHI KAWABUCHI
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Appeal No. 2002-2155
Application No. 09/003,276
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HEARD: February 19, 2003
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Before COHEN, 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, 3 and 5 through 17, all of the claims
remaining in this application. Claims 2, 4 and 18 have been
canceled.
Appellants' invention relates to an image forming system
having means for selecting a confidential mode wherein the system
automatically finishes copies as confidential documents or as a
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