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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               today was not written for publication and is not                       
               binding precedent of the Board.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. 24           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                  ________________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                  ________________                                    
                        Ex parte HIROKI ENDO, HIDEYA KOBARI,                          
                            KOJI UEDA and HIROYOSHI SAGO                              
                                  ________________                                    
                                Appeal No. 1998-1637                                  
                             Application No. 08/389,119                               
                                  ________________                                    
                              HEARD:  January 23, 2001                                
                                  ________________                                    

          Before GARRIS, KRATZ and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        



                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the refusal of the                
          examiner to allow claims 1, 2, 4 through 8, 10 through 15, 17               
          and 19 as amended subsequent to the final rejection.  The                   
          other claims in the application, which are claims 3, 9, 16 and              
          18, have been indicated by the examiner as being allowable.                 
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