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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 TETSUYA NAGANO, MASARU KOEDA,
MAKOTO SATO, AKIRA SATO and SHINJI MIYAUCHI
Appeal No. 2006-1058
Application No. 10/034,073
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, PAK and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-3, 5,
8 and 9. Claims 4, 6 and 7 have been withdrawn from
consideration. Claims 1 and 3 are illustrative:
1. A grating having a groove cross section shape and a
groove bottom part, wherein said groove cross section shape is a
half sinusoidal wave and said groove bottom part is shaped as a
flat form.
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