The opinion in support of the decision being entered today 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not binding precedent of the Board.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 ICHIRO MASUI, KATSUNORI OGAWA, and KENICHI SAKAI
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Appeal 2007-1705
Application 10/508,629
Technology Center 2800
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Decided: August 23, 2007
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Before JAMES D. THOMAS, LEE E. BARRETT,
and JOSEPH L. DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.
THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal involves claims 1 through 5, and 7. We have jurisdiction
under 35 U.S.C. § § 6(b) and 134(a).
We affirm.
As best representative of the disclosed and claimed invention,
independent claim 1 is reproduced below:
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