Ex Parte OKOCHI et al - Page 1




          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was              
          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             
          Board.                                                                      
                                                            Paper No. 27              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                      Ex parte MASAYA OKOCHI, MASAKI KITAGAWA,                        
                TAKASHI TAKEUCHI, HAJIME NISHINO, and HIZURU KOSHINA                  
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2002-1059                                  
                             Application No. 09/051,933                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before GARRIS, PAK, and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 4-7,             
          9, 11, 13, 14 and 16-19.  These are all of the claims remaining             
          in the application.                                                         
               The subject matter on appeal relates to a negative electrode           
          for a lithium secondary battery and to a lithium ion secondary              
          battery having such an electrode.  This negative electrode                  

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