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is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TOMISABURO YAMAGUCHI
and
ASAKAWA TETSUYA
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Appeal No. 2003-1192
Application No. 09/660,888
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, WALTZ, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
TIMM, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Appellants have filed appeals in two related applications, this application and
Application No. 09/660,907 (Appeal No. 2003-1191). We have jurisdiction over both appeals
pursuant to
35 U.S.C. § 134 and we will decide them concurrently in separate opinions. The issues in each
appeal are much the same. We will refer to the opinion in Appeal No. 2003-1192 for a more
detailed discussion of those issues of interest here that are treated therein. The appeal herein
involves claims 1-11 and 13-21 which are all the claims pending in this application.
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