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               The opinion in support of the decision being entered today             
               was not  written  for  publication  and  is not  binding               
               precedent of the Board.                                                
                                                               Paper No. 39           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                     Ex parte YUKIHISA TAKEUCHI and KOJI KIMURA                       
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                                Appeal No. 1998-0865                                  
                             Application No. 08/488,455                               
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                              HEARD: November 28, 2001                                
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          Before FLEMING, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 2 through 6 and 8 through 12, which are                 
          all of the claims pending in this application.                              
               Appellants' invention relates to a piezoelectric device                
          with a piezoelectric transducer on a ceramic substrate.  The                
          substrate has a thin-walled portion defining a recess within                
          the substrate and being curved into the recess.  The                        







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