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today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.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. 31
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ATSUHIRO TODO,
KAORI OKADA, TOSHIHIRO SEKIGUCHI
and KAZUO HIROTA
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Appeal No. 2003-1969
Application 09/690,731
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HEARD: January 8, 2004
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Before WARREN, WALTZ and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal and Opinion
We have carefully considered the record in this appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134, including
the opposing views of the examiner, in the answer, and appellants, in the brief and reply brief,
and based on our review, find that we cannot sustain the rejections of appealed claims 4 through
7,1 all of the claims in the application, under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Kondo et al. (Kondo) in view of Kato, Smith et al., Hu, Miller et al. (Miller) or Van Rheenen
et al.2
1 See the appendix to the brief (Paper No. 22).
2 Answer, pages 4-5.
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