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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 TAIZO AKIMOTO
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Appeal No. 2005-1234
Application No. 09/749,752
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HEARD: August 11, 2005
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Before SCHEINER, ADAMS, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
GREEN, 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 7, 8, 10, 11 and 18-21, all of the claims in appeal. Claims
8, 11, 20 and 21 are representative of the subject matter on appeal, and read as
follows:
8. An analysis system for analyzing a target substance by causing the target
substance marked with a marker to bind selectively to some of plural types of
probes arranged and fixed on a test piece and detecting positions of the probes
to which the target substance has bound comprising:
means for attaching management information peculiar to the test piece to
a predetermined location on the test piece using a marker the same as or similar
to the marker used for marking the target substance,
means for obtaining information concerning the positions of the probes to
which the target substance has bound and simultaneously detecting the
management information attached to the test piece, and
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