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and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte TADASHI SENOO, HIROYUKI AKASHI,
HIDETO AZUMA, MASHIO SHIBUYA, KAZUHIRO NODA,
SHINI CHIRO YAMADA, TOSHIKAZU YASUDA and KOJI SEKAI
Appeal No. 2005-1806
Application No. 09/162,992
HEARD: December 13, 2005
Before KIMLIN, PAK and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 2-4,
6-9 and 12. Claim 12 is illustrative:
12. A gel electrolyte secondary cell comprising:
a positive electrode;
a negative electrode comprising a current collector and a
powder mixture including a graphitized carbonaceous material
obtained from a plurality of meso-carbon micro-beads and a
binder, wherein the powder mixture is coated on the current
collector at a thickness ranging from 10 µm to 200 µm; and
a gel electrolyte comprising an electrolyte salt, a
non-aqueous solvent and a high-molecular weight material having a
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