Ex Parte Shishikura et al

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Feb 18, 2016

12919421 (P.T.A.B. Feb. 18, 2016)

UNITED STA TES p A TENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
APPLICATION NO. FILING DATE
12/919,421 08/25/2010
23373 7590 02/22/2016
SUGHRUE MION, PLLC
2100 PENNSYLVANIA A VENUE, N.W.
SUITE 800
WASHINGTON, DC 20037
FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
Toshikazu Shishikura
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
www .uspto.gov
ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. CONFIRMATION NO.
Ql20324 6008
EXAMINER
NEDIALKOV A, LILIA V
ART UNIT PAPER NUMBER
1724
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02/22/2016 ELECTRONIC
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PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
Ex parte TOSHIKAZU SHISHIKURA, RYU JI MONDEN, and
TADATOSHI KUROZUMI 1
Appeal2014-009271
Application 12/919,421
Technology Center 1700
Before CHUNG K. PAK, JEFFREY T. SMITH, and
WESLEY B. DERRICK, Administrative Patent Judges.
DERRICK, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the
Examiner's maintained final rejection of claims 1, 3, and 8-13. We have
jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 6(b ).
We AFFIRM.
CLAIMED SUBJECT MATTER
Appellants' claimed invention is directed to a catalyst comprising an
oxycarbonitride of titanium represented by the formula TiCxNyOz, wherein
1 According to Appellants, the Real Party in Interest is SHOW A DENKO
K.K. App. Br. 2.
Appeal2014-009271
Application 12/919,421
x, y, and z represent a ratio of the numbers of atoms, and are numbers
satisfying the conditions of O