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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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 47              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                              Ex parte YOHJI WATANABE                                 
                                 and KENJI TSUCHIDA                                   
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 1997-2383                                  
                               Application 08/150,782                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before URYNOWICZ, HAIRSTON and LALL, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 3-6               
          and 8-16.                                                                   
               The disclosed invention relates to a dynamic random                    
          access memory device that transitions to an intermediate                    
          potential level between a power source voltage level and a                  
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