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                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                
                         The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                                                 
                         today (1) was not written for publication in a law                                                                   
                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                               
                                                                           Paper No. 22                                                       

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                                     Ex parte TOSHIO OKADA                                                                    
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-2864                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/048,5031                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, McQUADE and                                                                 
                CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                       
                McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                         


                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This appeal was originally taken from the final rejection of                                                         
                claims 1 through 15, all of the claims pending in the                                                                         
                application.  The appellant has since amended claims 1 through                                                                
                15, and in response the examiner has withdrawn all rejections of                                                              
                claims 9, 10, 14 and 15 which now stand allowed.  Thus, the                                                                   

                         1Application for patent filed April 20, 1993.                                                                        
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