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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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 TSUYOSHI INOUE, KENJI SANO, YOSHIKI KOBAYASHI,
KENICHI SHIBATA, KEIJI HAYASHI, MITSURU HORADA, KOMAHARU MATSUI,
YU AKAKI, TAKESHI EDA, and HIROSHI UEDA
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Appeal No. 2005-2508
Application No. 09/874,314
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, WALTZ, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1 and 2, which are the only claims
pending in this application. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35
U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a
sheet for protecting a paint film, where the sheet comprises a
substrate having a rubber-based pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA)
layer formed on one side, and the PSA layer comprises a rubbery
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