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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HIROFUMI FUKUOKA, SATORU MIYAWAKI,
KAZUMA MOMII, MIKIO ARAMATA
and SUSUMU UENO
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Appeal No. 2006-1122
Application No. 10/237,089
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Heard: May 9, 2006
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Before Kratz, Timm, and Jeffrey T. Smith, Administrative Patent Judges.
Timm, Administrative Patent Judge.
REMAND TO THE EXAMINER
A review of the record presently before us leads us to conclude that this case is not in
condition for a decision on appeal. Accordingly, we remand the application to the Examiner, via
the Office of a Director of the involved Technology Center, to consider the following issues and to
take action not inconsistent with the views expressed herein.
The Examiner maintains only one rejection on appeal, the rejection of claims 1-14 and 16-20
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over JP 2001-185,125 (Sakashita) in view of US
6,383,686 (Umeno). With regard to the Japanese document, the Examiner relies upon a translation
generated by computer.
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