Ex parte AKIYAMA et al. - Page 1




               The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not     
               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.     
                                                                 Paper No. 27         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     ____________                                     
            Ex parte MORITO AKIYAMA, TADAHIKO WATANABE, and KAZUHIRO NONAKA           
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 1998-0378                                 
                              Application No. 08/705,063                              
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                                HEARD: October 11, 2000                               
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          Before THOMAS, KRASS, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 8 through 14, which are all of the claims               
          pending in this application.                                                
               Appellants' invention relates to a two-layer composite                 
          structure including a functional layer of a voltage generating              
          material and a structural layer for detecting cracks in the                 
          structural layer.  Claim 8 is illustrative of the claimed                   
          invention, and it reads as follows:                                         
               8.   A two-layer structure comprising:                                 





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