The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte KATSUYA KOGANEI and MAKOTE KANBARA Appeal No. 2000-1447 Application No. 08/987,404 ON BRIEF Before KIMLIN, LIEBERMAN and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and 3-8, all the claims remaining in the present application. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1. A lubricating oil composition for internal combustion engines, said composition comprising an ester-blended base stock, an organomolybdenum compound and a zinc dithiophosphate, wherein said ester-blended base stock comprises: -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007