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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 44
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RYO OZAWA and KOUHEI IKETANI
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Appeal No. 2004-0557
Application No. 08/829,187
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ON BRIEF1
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Before FLEMING, GROSS and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent
Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 7, 17, and 19 through 21 which are
all of the claims pending in this application. Claims 19 through
21 were not addressed in the rejection presented in the
Examiner’s Answer. Therefore, only claims 1 through 7 and 17 are
before us on appeal.
Appellants' invention relates to an electronic endoscope
including a noise reduction system that reduces random noise
1 We note that the hearing scheduled for November 18, 2004 was waived by
appellants on September 15, 2004.
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