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(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte AKIHIRO SUZUKI, NORIO SHIBATA
SHINSUKE TAKAHASHI and MIKIO TOMARU
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Appeal No. 1997-0488
Application 08/306,584
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HEARD: March 7, 2000
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Before JOHN D. SMITH, WARREN and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting
claims 2 through 8. Subsequent to the final rejection, appellants amended claims 2 through 5 and
7 and cancelled claims 6 and 8. Thus, amended claims 2 through 5 and 7 remain for consideration on
appeal, which are all of the claims in the application. Claim 2 is illustrative of the claims on appeal:
2. An application method of sequentially forming a precoat and forming at least one coat in a
wet condition on an application face of a support, in which said precoat and said coat contain different
solvents and are formed with a non-pressurizing coating head having a front edge and a back edge
respectively disposed upstream and downstream to one another with respect to a direction of
movement of the support and forming a slot therebetween, in which the front edge and back edge each
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