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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KAZUAKI WATANABE, SHINICHI KATO
and BUNJI ISHIMOTO
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Appeal No. 2005-1629
Application No. 10/001,256
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HEARD: MARCH 23, 2006
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Before WARREN, WALTZ, and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the primary examiner’s
refusal to allow claims 1, 3 and 8 through 10, as amended
subsequent to the final rejection (see the amendment dated May
10, 2004, entered as per the Advisory Action dated June 1, 2004,
where the examiner states that the final rejection under
35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶2, has been overcome by this amendment).
Claims 4 and 5 are the only other claims pending in this
application, and stand objected to as depending on a rejected
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