The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not 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 KAZUKI SUZAWA, HIROYUKI ARIOKA,
and TOMOKI USHIDA
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Appeal No. 2003-1861
Application No. 09/551,537
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HEARD: February 19, 2004
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Before PAK, DELMENDO and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, 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 1-5.
Claims 1, 2, and 5 are representative of the subject matter
on appeal and are set forth below:
1. A process for producing an optical recording
medium containing an organic solvent in an organic dye
layer in an amount of 2 to 15% by weight based on an
organic dye, the process comprising applying a
solution, prepared by dissolving the organic dye in
the organic solvent, onto a light-transmittable
substrate by a spin coating method to form the organic
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