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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 30
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HITOSHI SUMIYA and SHINYA UESAKA
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Appeal No. 2003-1525
Application 09/462,876
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, KRATZ, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the fourth (non-final) rejection of
claims 1 and 4-10, which are all of the claims remaining in the
application.1
1 In an appeal in which claims have been at least twice
rejected, the board has jurisdiction as discussed in Ex parte
Lemoine, 46 USPQ2d 1432 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. 1995).
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