Ex parte AKIOKA et al. - Page 1




                    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           for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                        Ex parte KOJI AKIOKA, TATSUYA SHIMODA,                        
                         TOSHIYUKI ISHIBASHI, RYUICHI OZAKI,                          
                                  and OSAMU KOBAYASHI                                 
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                                 Appeal No. 1996-1777                                 
                              Application No. 08/034,009                              
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                               HEARD: February 10, 2000                               
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          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.  An                       








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