The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte YONG CHE, TAKESHI MORINOTO and MANABU TSUSHIMA ______________ Appeal No. 2005-0178 Application 10/091,502 ______________ HEARD: FEBRUARY 9, 2005 _______________ Before WALTZ, JEFFREY T. SMITH, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal, under 35 U.S.C. § 134, from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-16. Claims 1 and 11 are representative of the subject matter on appeal, and are set forth below: 1. A secondary power source, which comprises: a positive electrode consisting essentially of activated carbon, from 0.1 to 20% by weight of a conductive material, and 1 to 20% by weight of a binder based on the total mass of the positive electrode, a negative electrode consisting essentially of a carbon material capable of doping and undoping lithium ions and 4 to 30% by weight of a binder based on the total mass of the negative electrode, andPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007