Ex Parte Fujiwara et alDownload PDFPatent Trial and Appeal BoardNov 28, 201612993074 (P.T.A.B. Nov. 28, 2016) Copy Citation United States Patent and Trademark Office 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 APPLICATION NO. FILING DATE FIRST NAMED INVENTOR ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. CONFIRMATION NO. 12/993,074 11/16/2010 Kosuke Fujiwara 1018.1280101 2173 28075 7590 11/30/2016 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP 100 SOUTH 5TH STREET SUITE 600 MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402 EXAMINER FERRE, ALEXANDRE F ART UNIT PAPER NUMBER 1788 NOTIFICATION DATE DELIVERY MODE 11/30/2016 ELECTRONIC Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding. The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication. Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the following e-mail address(es): GEN .USPTO@stwiplaw.com PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07) UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD Ex parte KOSUKE FUJIWARA and AKIHIRO KOYAMA Appeal 2015-002763 Application 12/993,074 Technology Center 1700 Before GEORGE C. BEST, N. WHITNEY WILSON, and CHRISTOPHER L. OGDEN, Administrative Patent Judges. WILSON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants1 appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the Examiner’s February 27, 2014 decision finally rejecting claims 1-7 (“Final Act”). We have jurisdiction over the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). We affirm. 1 Appellants identify the real party in interest as Nippon Sheet Glass Company Limited (Appeal Br. 3). Appeal 2015-002763 Application 12/993,074 CLAIMED SUBJECT MATTER The claimed invention is generally directed to a scale-like glass which is described as having improved heat resistance and improved chemical durability (Abstract). The claimed glass has various components in specified amounts. Details of the claimed invention are set forth in independent claims 1, which is reproduced below from the Claims Appendix of the Appeal Brief: 1. A glass flake being characterized in that the glass flake is formed from a glass base material comprising, expressed in percent by mass: 65.06 Copy with citationCopy as parenthetical citation