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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of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. 43
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SADAO NISHIBORI and YUZO ITAKURA
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Appeal No. 1998-1390
Application 08/607,441
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HEARD: March 13, 2001
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Before JOHN D. SMITH, KRATZ, and TIMM, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
final rejection of claims 31-69.
Claim 31 is representative and is reproduced below:
31. Wood meal comprising:
a) wood meal granules formed by crushing raw
material wood into treated wood meal and pulverizing the
treated wood meal under the frictional forces of a plurality
of balls such that the resulting wood meal granules have
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