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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          publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                               Ex parte TAKASHI NAKANO                                
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                                Appeal No. 1998-1968                                  
                               Application 08/425,293                                 
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                                 HEARD: May 1, 2000                                   
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          Before COHEN, MCQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   


               Takashi Nakano appeals from the final rejection of claims              
          1 through 15, all of the claims pending in the application.                 


               The invention relates to “a rear body structure of a                   
          vehicle such as an automobile of the so-called hatch-back type              
          which has a door at a rear end surface thereof”                             



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