Ex Parte Nishimura et al - Page 1



                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                       
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                                 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                        
                                               AND INTERFERENCES                                                           
                                               ____________________                                                        
                              Ex parte TAKANORI NISHIMURA, KEIGO IHARA,                                                    
                                    TAKAO YOSHIMINE, JUNKO FUKUDA,                                                         
                                            and TAKAHIKO SUEYOSHI                                                          
                                               ____________________                                                        
                                                  Appeal 2007-1569                                                         
                                               Application 10/089,0831                                                     
                                               Technology Center 2100                                                      
                                               ____________________                                                        
                                             Decided:  September 5, 2007                                                   
                                               ____________________                                                        
                  Before:  ALLEN R. MACDONALD, JAY P. LUCAS, and                                                           
                  JOHN A. JEFFERY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                           
                  LUCAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                      

                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                          

                                               STATEMENT OF CASE                                                           
                         Appellants appeal from a final rejection of claims 1 to 3, 5 to 12 and                            
                  14 to 272 under authority of  35 U.S.C. § 134.  The Board of Patent Appeals                              
                                                                                                                          
                  1   Application filed April 10, 2002.  Application 10/089,083 is a U.S.                                  
                  National Stage entry of PCT/JP01/07419, filed August 29, 2001.  Priority is                              
                  claimed to Japanese application 2000-264561 filed August 31, 2000.   The                                 
                  real party in interest is Sony Corporation.                                                              
                  2 Claims 4 and 13 are cancelled.                                                                         



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