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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SHINGO KADOMURA, KEI TAKATSU,
SHINSUKE HIRANO and NOBUYUKI SUZUKI
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Appeal No. 2002-1401
Application No. 09/187,226
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HEARD: April 15, 2003
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Before OWENS, KRATZ, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-7, 9-22
and 24-26, which are all of the claims remaining in the
application.
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim an aluminum nitride/aluminum base
composite material and a method for making it. Claim 13 is
illustrative:
13. An aluminum nitride/aluminum base composite material, which
comprises:
said aluminum nitride/aluminum base composite material,
being produced by the steps of:
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