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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte YASUHIRO KUNISA, MASARU YOSHITAKE,
EIJI ENDOH and EIJI YANAGISAWA
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Appeal No. 2006-1311
Application No. 10/101,177
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HEARD: June 6, 2006
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Before KIMLIN, JEFFREY T. SMITH, and FRANKLIN, Administrative
Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 7-20.
Claims 1-6 stand withdrawn from consideration. Claim 7 is
illustrative:
7. A process for producing an electrode/membrane assembly
for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which comprises:
forming a carbon layer made of a fluororesin and carbon
black on a porous carbon substrate so that components of said
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