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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 47
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MOTONOBU ONODA, KATSUAKI OGAWA
and KAZUO SHIMIZU
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Appeal No. 2003-0208
Application No. 08/578,9961
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HEARD: April 1, 2003
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Before COHEN, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 3, 6, 8
and 10, which are all of the claims pending in this application.2
We REVERSE.
1 This application was previously before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Appeal
No. 1998-2154 (decided July 27, 2000). In that appeal, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1-4
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 was affirmed.
2 Claim 3 was amended subsequent to the final rejection.
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