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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KOJI AKIOKA, TATSUYA SHIMODA, TOSHIYUKI ISHIBASHI, RYUICHI OZAKI, and OSAMU KOBAYASHI ____________ Appeal No. 1996-1777 Application No. 08/034,009 ____________ HEARD: February 10, 2000 ____________ Before OWENS, LIEBERMAN, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 1 through 24, which are all of the claims pending in this application. BACKGROUND The appellants’ invention relates to a process of preparing a permanent magnet and product thereof. AnPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007