Ex Parte SATO 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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 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.                                            

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