Ex Parte Nagano et al - Page 1



              The opinion in support of the decision being entered                  
              today was not written for publication in a law journal                
              and is not binding precedent of the Board.                            


                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                                                                   
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                                                                   
                       Ex parte TETSUYA NAGANO, MASARU KOEDA,                       
                    MAKOTO SATO, AKIRA SATO and SHINJI MIYAUCHI                     
                                                                                   
                                Appeal No. 2006-1058                                
                             Application No. 10/034,073                             
                                                                                   
                                      ON BRIEF                                      
                                                                                   
         Before KIMLIN, PAK and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.                 
         KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-3, 5,          
         8 and 9.  Claims 4, 6 and 7 have been withdrawn from                       
         consideration.  Claims 1 and 3 are illustrative:                           
              1.  A grating having a groove cross section shape and a               
         groove bottom part, wherein said groove cross section shape is a           
         half sinusoidal wave and said groove bottom part is shaped as a            
         flat form.                                                                 

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