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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HARUNOBU KUSUMOTO and AKINORI SASAMOTO
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Appeal No. 2003-1937
Application No. 09/522,296
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE, and BAHR, 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 16, 18 through 21, 28 and 29.
Claim 17 stands objected to as being dependent upon a rejected
base claim, but is indicated to be allowable if rewritten in
independent form. Claims 22 through 27, which are the only other
claims pending in the application, have been withdrawn from
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