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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 SHIGERU OKITA, YASUO UTSUMI
and AKIHIRO KIUCHI
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Appeal No. 1998-0123
Application No. 08/251,575
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HEARD: April 11, 2001
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Before KIMLIN, KRATZ and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative
Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-5,
all the claims in the present application. Claim 1 is
illustrative:
1. A rolling bearing comprising components of an inner
race, an outer race and a plurality of rolling elements, at
least one of the components being made from an alloy steel
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