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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SOICHI KATO, MUNEO SAKURADA,
SHIN KURIHARA, SADAO HAIYA, TAKASHI SUGITA,
SHOJI AKIYAMA and TAKAHUMI UMEHARA
Appeal No. 2004-0542
Application No. 09/486,230
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, KRATZ and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claim 8.
Claims 1-3 and 6, the other claims remaining in the present
application, stand withdrawn from consideration. Claim 8 is
reproduced below:
8. A tube for a heat exchanger, comprising:
a wall formed by at least one brazing sheet and having a
flat inner surface; and
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