THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication
in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ATSUSHI KAWASAKI, KOHEI EGUCHI,
KATSUKI HAZAMA, and FUMITAKA SUGAYA
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Appeal No. 1998-3043
Application 08/667,5871
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ON BRIEF
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Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and
LEE and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the examiner’s rejection of appellants’ claims 7-10, 12-17,
and 25-35. Claims 18-24 have been withdrawn from
consideration and claims 1-6 and 11 have been canceled. No
claim has been allowed.
References relied on by the Examiner
Tanaka et al. (Tanaka) U.S. Patent 5,290,725 March 1, 1994
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Application for patent filed June 24, 1996. The real
party in interest is Nippon Steel Corporation.
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