Ex Parte Yamada - 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          and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                              Ex parte YOSHITSUGU YAMADA                               
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                                 Appeal No. 2002-0697                                  
                              Application No. 09/625,857                               
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                                HEARD: January 9, 2003                                 
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          Before COHEN, STAAB and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Yoshitsugu Yamada appeals from the final rejection of claims            
          21 through 32, all of the claims pending in the application.                 


                                    THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to “a batch-type kiln having                      
          particular applicability in the performance of firing treatments,            
          such as a dewaxing step and a firing step, on a ceramic product,             
          such as a ceramic capacitor” (specification, page 1).                        








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