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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TAKAYUKI NAKANO and YASUHISA TAMAGAWA
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Appeal No. 2003-1483
Application No. 09/591,6611
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HEARD: JANUARY 20, 2004
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Before FLEMING, BARRY, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-12 and 14. Claim 13 has been cancelled.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention is directed to a wide-angle catoptric
system used in wide-angled cameras that provides a bright optical
image without the aberrations that deteriorate the picture
1 Application for patent filed June 9, 2000, which claims the
foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese Application
No. 11-163813, filed June 10, 1999.
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