1 The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written 2 for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board 3 4 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 5 ____________________ 6 7 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS 8 AND INTERFERENCES 9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 ofPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
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