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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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte SHIGENORI ANDO                                
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                                Appeal No. 1998-0647                                  
                               Application 08/414,004                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF1                                       
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          Before THOMAS, KRASS and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        



                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner's                
          final rejection of claims 1 through 16, which constitute all                

               1The Appellant's requested oral hearing, set for July 10,              
          2000, was waived in a facsimile communication received on June              
          5, 2000.                                                                    
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