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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HIDETSUGU TANAKA, YOSHIO YAMAMOTO,
YOSHINAO HARADA, and TAKAO CHIKAZAWA
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Appeal No. 2002-1385
Application No. 09/049,861
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ON BRIEF
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Before BARRETT, RUGGIERO, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.
BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 5-12, which are all the claims remaining in the application.
We affirm-in-part.
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