The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte TETSUNORI SHINOZAKI, KAZUMITSU KAWAKITA, and MAMORU KIOKA __________ Appeal No. 1999-0465 Application No. 08/351,548 __________ HEARD: February 7, 2001 __________ Before GARRIS, OWENS, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to allow claims 48, 52 through 55 and 57 as amended subsequent to the final rejection. These are all of the claims pending in the application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a propylene block 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007