Ex Parte Kuze - Page 1



               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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                   
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                               Ex parte TETSUYA KUZE                                  
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                                Appeal No. 2006-0190                                  
                             Application No. 10/113,567                               
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                              HEARD: JANUARY 26, 2006                                 
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          Before OWENS, WALTZ and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This appeal is from a rejection of claims 1 and 3-5, which             
          are all of the pending claims.                                              
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The appellant claims a pneumatic tire comprising sipes                 
          having walls with specified shapes and angles.  Claim 1 is                  
          illustrative:                                                               
                    1.  A pneumatic tire including multiple blocks formed             
               on a tread face and defined by and between a plurality of              
               main grooves extending in a circumferential direction of the           
               tire and by and between a plurality of sub grooves                     
               intersecting the main grooves, in which zigzag sipes                   




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