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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MUNEO NISHIZAWA
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Appeal No. 2006-0844
Application No. 10/118,027
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ON BRIEF
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Before CRAWFORD, BAHR, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 and 4
to 7, which are all of the claims pending in this application. Claims 2 and 3 have been
cancelled.
The appellant's invention relates to a seat belt assembly including a load limiter
that is integrated into the seatbelt retractor and two pretensioners one of which is
disposed at the seatbelt retractor (specification, p. 3). A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
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