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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                               Ex parte HIROMI YAMASHITA                              
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                                 Appeal No. 1999-2691                                 
                              Application No. 08/590,348                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 4 through         
          7.                                                                          
               The disclosed invention relates to an image signal processing          
          apparatus.                                                                  
               Claims 4 and 7 are illustrative of the claimed invention, and          
          they read as follows:                                                       
          4.  An image signal processing apparatus, comprising:                       
               an image sensor for reading an image and outputting image data         
          representing the read image as an image data signal;                        





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