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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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                    Ex parte HARRY T. HONG and KEITH W. KATAHARA                      
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                                Appeal No. 1997-0594                                  
                               Application 08/448,134                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, and RUGGIERO, Administrative                   
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       



                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   


               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1, 11 through 14 and 17.  Claims 2-10, 15 and 16 have                

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