Ex parte OKITA 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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                  ________________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                  ________________                                    
                        Ex parte SHIGERU OKITA, YASUO UTSUMI                          
                                 and AKIHIRO KIUCHI                                   
                                  ________________                                    
                                Appeal No. 1998-0123                                  
                             Application No. 08/251,575                               
                                  ________________                                    
                               HEARD:  April 11, 2001                                 
                                  ________________                                    

          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                  
                                         -1-                                          




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