Ex parte TANAKA et al. - Page 1




                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                
                         The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                                                 
                         today (1) was not written for publication in a law                                                                   
                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                               
                                                                                                        Paper No. 19                          


                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                    Ex parte TADASHI TANAKA, MASAAKI SAKAMOTO                                                                 
                                               TOHRU KATO and YOSHIAKI SATO                                                                   
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                                                        Appeal No. 95-3862                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/068,0911                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before KIMLIN, WEIFFENBACH and ELLIS, Administrative Patent                                                                   
                Judges.                                                                                                                       
                KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          


                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-16,                                                           
                all the claims remaining in the present application.  Claim 1 is                                                              
                illustrative:                                                                                                                 
                         1.  A multi-layered bearing having superior load-resistance                                                          
                comprising an aluminium base bearing alloy layer and a backing                                                                

                         1Application for patent filed May 28, 1993.                                                                          
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