Ex parte NISHIMURA 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               journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                   Ex parte SEIICHI NISHIMURA and TATSUYUKI MASUDA                    
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                                Appeal No. 1997-0736                                  
                             Application No. 08/384,916                               
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                                 HEARD: MAY 18, 2000                                  
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          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                  
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