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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HIROYUKI MASUDA, KINYA IRI, KENICHIRO NOGI,
and NOBUO MAMADA
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Appeal No. 2004-0642
Application No. 09/635,098
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, OWENS, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s
rejection of claims 16 and 19, the only claims pending in this
application. Although the rejection dated Sep. 12, 2002, Paper No.
14, was not a final rejection, we have jurisdiction of this appeal
under 35 U.S.C. § 134 because these claims have been “twice
rejected.” See 35 U.S.C. § 134(a)(2002).
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a chip
inductor and a chip inductor array, which include a plurality of
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