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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RYOKO KITANO, MIKUMI AMO, and MASAMI INOUCHI
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Appeal 2006-3309
Application 10/311,263
Technology Center 1700
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Decided: January 18, 2007
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Before EDWARD C. KIMLIN, BRADLEY R. GARRIS, and THOMAS A.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the Primary Examiner’s final
rejection of claim 11, which is the only claim pending in this application (Br.
1). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to Appellants, the invention is directed to a method of
laminating optical disks which comprises the steps of placing a lower disk
on a turntable, placing an adhesive agent in doughnut form onto the lower
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