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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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 TOSHIMASA NAGAOKA
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Appeal No. 2003-0037
Application 08/924,681
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, MCQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Toshimasa Nagaoka originally took this appeal from the final
rejection (Paper No. 9) of claims 1 through 14 and 16 through 22,
all of the claims pending in the application. Upon consideration
of the appellant’s main brief (Paper No. 18), the examiner issued
an Office action (Paper No. 19) reopening prosecution and
entering new superseding rejections of claims 1 through 14 and 16
through 22. Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.193(b)(2)(ii), the appellant
then filed a supplemental brief (Paper No. 20) and requested that
the appeal be reinstated. Implicitly granting the request, the
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