The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MASAYA OKOCHI, MASAKI KITAGAWA, TAKASHI TAKEUCHI, HAJIME NISHINO, and HIZURU KOSHINA __________ Appeal No. 2002-1059 Application No. 09/051,933 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before GARRIS, PAK, and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 4-7, 9, 11, 13, 14 and 16-19. These are all of the claims remaining in the application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery and to a lithium ion secondary battery having such an electrode. This negative electrode 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007