The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 47 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte KENICHI SATO, NOBUHIRO SHIBUTA, HIDEHITO MUKAI, TAKESHI HIKATA, MUNETSUGU UEYAMA and TAKESHI KATO __________ Appeal No. 1999-0736 Application 08/167,581 ___________ HEARD: July 10, 2001 ___________ Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1, 3, 4, 6 to 8 and 10 to 12, all the claims remaining in the application. The claims on appeal are drawn to a method of preparing a bismuth oxide superconducting wire, and are reproduced in Appendix A of appellants’ brief. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007