The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte AKIRA KAMADA and MASAHIKO KOSAI Appeal No. 2000-0307 Application No. 08/859,430 HEARD: February 19, 2002 Before KIMLIN, WALTZ and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-4, all the claims remaining in the present application. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1. A negative electrode plate for a lead storage battery comprising: a negative electrode active material; and graphite powder having a mean particle size not larger than 30 µm. -1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007