Ex Parte Hishinuma et al - Page 1



                             The opinion in support of the decision being entered today                                  
                                        was not written for publication in 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                                        is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DAVID S. HISHINUMA, KEN G. ROBERTSON,                                             
                                      DUSTIN ROSING, RICHARD W. DAVIS,                                                   
                                 HAROLD MIYAMURA and JORGE E. ROCABADO                                                   
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                                                Appeal No. 2006-0476                                                     
                                             Application No.  10/365,258                                                 
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                           
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                 Before  OWENS, LEVY, and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges.                                           
                 NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                     

                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        

                        This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. §134(a) of the final rejection                      
                 of claims 1 through 4, 6 through 15, 17 and 19 through 42, which constitute all                         
                 the claims in the application.  For the reasons stated infra we affirm-in-part the                      
                 examiner’s rejection of these claims.                                                                   







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