The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KUNIO IKUI and YOICHI MATSUBARA
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Appeal No. 2005-0430
Application No. 09/817,2411
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ON BRIEF
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Before LEVY, SAADAT and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.
SAADAT, 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 2-6. Claims 1 and 7 have
been canceled.
We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention is directed generally to a display
apparatus capable of preventing the occurrence of electrostatic
charges and leakage of electromagnetic fields on its display
screen. According to Appellants, in order to suppress the
1 Application for patent filed March 27, 2001 which claims the foreign
filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of the Japanese Application No.
P2000-108978, filed April 11, 2000.
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