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          1    The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written          
          2            for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board                   
          3                                                                                        
          4          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                     
          5                          ____________________                                          
          6                                                                                        
          7               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                       
          8                          AND INTERFERENCES                                             
          9                          ____________________                                          
         10                                                                                        
         11          Ex parte SHUSAKU GOTO, KAORU INOUE, YUI NIWA,                                 
         12                          and TOYOJI SUGIMOTO                                           
         13                          ____________________                                          
         14                                                                                        
         15                              Appeal 2007-0693                                          
         16                           Application 10/188,519                                       
         17                          Technology Center 1700                                        
         18                          ____________________                                          
         19                                                                                        
         20                           Decided:  May 24, 2007                                       
         21                          ____________________                                          
         22                                                                                        
         23   Before:  TEDDY S. GRON, ROMULO H. DELMENDO, and MICHAEL P.                           
         24   TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                               
         25                                                                                        
         26   DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                               
         27                                                                                        
         28                                                                                        
         29                          DECISION ON APPEAL                                            
         30                                                                                        
         31                          STATEMENT OF CASE                                             
         32         Appellants appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 (2006) from a final rejection          
         33   of claims 1-20.  (Final Office action entered June 9, 2005.)  We have                
         34   jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b) (2006).                                          
         35         Applicants state that they invented “a non-aqueous electrolyte                 
         36   secondary battery, a negative electrode therefor, and [a] method of                  




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