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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the              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. 30              


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                      __________                                       
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                      __________                                       
                   Ex parte RYUSUKE USHIKOSHI, HIDEYOSHI TSURUTA,                      
                                  and TOMOYUKI FUJII                                   
                                      __________                                       
                                 Appeal No. 2002-0544                                  
                             Application No. 09/095,1571                               
                                     ____________                                      
                               HEARD: February 19, 2003                                
                                     ____________                                      
          Before GROSS, LEVY, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final                  
          rejection of claims 1-5 and 14.  Claims 6-13 have been canceled.             
               We reverse.                                                             





               1  Application for patent filed June 10, 1998, which claims the foreign 
          filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese Application No. 9- 
          164582, filed June 20, 1997.                                                 





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