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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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte MASAHIRO KATAYAMA                               
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                                Appeal No. 2001-2495                                  
                               Application 09/110,876                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KIMLIN, WALTZ and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3-7            
          and 9-14.  Claims 2 and 8, the other claims remaining the present           
          application, have been indicated as allowable by the examiner.1             
               Claims 1 and 5 are illustrative and a copy of these claims             
          is appended to this decision.                                               
               The examiner relies upon the following references as                   
          evidence of obviousness:                                                    



               1 The examiner’s § 103 rejection of claim 8 has been withdrawn (see    
          footnote at page 2, in answer).                                             





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