The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication and
is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TAKESHI NISHIUCHI and FUMIAKI KIKUI
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Appeal No. 2005-0157
Application No. 09/977,363
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, DELMENDO, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative
Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 9, 10
and 14-17, all of the claims pending in the present application.
Claims 9 and 16 are illustrative:
9. A process for producing a rare earth metal-based
permanent magnet, comprising the step of forming a
metal oxide film containing carbon on the surface of a
magnet by a sol-gel coating process.
16. A process for producing a rare earth metal-based
permanent magnet according to claim 9, wherein the
content of carbon is in a range of 50ppm to 1,000ppm.
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