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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD1
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Appeal No. 2006-0737
Reexamination Control Number 90/005,944
Reexamination of United States Patent 4,847,448
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ON BRIEF
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Before MARTIN, LEE, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.
MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(b) from the final
rejection of claims 1-9 of the claims under reexamination.
THE CLAIMS ON APPEAL
The Appellant has indicated (Brief, page 3) that, for the
purposes of this appeal, claims 1-6 will stand or fall together as
a group, and claims 7-9 will stand or fall together as a group.
Accordingly, we select claim 1, the broadest independent claim as
representative of the first group, and claim 7, as representative
of the second group, of the claims on appeal. See Bd. R.
37(c)(1)(vii).
1 Reexamination Requested by third-party requester Alfred A. Stadnicki.
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