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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte SEIICHI NISHIMURA and TATSUYUKI MASUDA _____________ Appeal No. 1997-0736 Application No. 08/384,916 ______________ HEARD: MAY 18, 2000 _______________ Before COHEN, STAAB and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to allow claims 1, 3, 5, 7 through 11, 15, and 16, all of the claims remaining in the application, as amended (Paper No. 9) subsequent to the final rejection. The invention addresses a V-type two-cycle crankshaft 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007