Ex Parte Nishiuchi 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                         is not binding precedent of the Board.                       

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                    Ex parte TAKESHI NISHIUCHI and FUMIAKI KIKUI                      
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                                Appeal No. 2005-0157                                  
                             Application No. 09/977,363                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KIMLIN, DELMENDO, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative               
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 9, 10             
          and 14-17, all of the claims pending in the present application.            
               Claims 9 and 16 are illustrative:                                      
               9.   A process for producing a rare earth metal-based                  
               permanent magnet, comprising the step of forming a                     
               metal oxide film containing carbon on the surface of a                 
               magnet by a sol-gel coating process.                                   
               16.  A process for producing a rare earth metal-based                  
               permanent magnet according to claim 9, wherein the                     
               content of carbon is in a range of 50ppm to 1,000ppm.                  







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