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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 40
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TAKASHI YAMANAKA, TOYOAKI NANBA,
TOMOMI TANAKA, and MASAO MATSUI
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Appeal No. 2003-1883
Application No. 08/953,488
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HEARD: February 5, 2004
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Before JERRY SMITH, GROSS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner's final rejection1 of claims 2, 18, 19, 21, 23-25, 27
and 28, which are all of the claims pending in this application.
1 The rejection of claims 23-25 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph
has been withdrawn by the examiner (answer, page 2, and Paper No. 30, mailed
July 10, 2002).
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