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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MAKOTO TSURUTA
and
ATSUSHI YAMADA
Appeal No. 2003-0895
Application No. 09/549,703
HEARD: October 8, 2003
Before KIMLIN, PAK and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 8, 10,
15 and 16. Claim 8 is illustrative:
8. A pneumatic radial tire comprising; [sic, :] a carcass
toroidally extending between a pair of bead portions and
comprised of at least one rubberized ply containing a plurality
of cords arranged substantially in a radial direction, a belt
arranged at an outside of the carcass in the radial direction and
comprised of at least two belt layers containing plural cords
embedded therein, the cords of said belt layers being crossed
with each other with respect to an equatorial plane of the tire,
a belt reinforcing member arranged inside the belt in the radial
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