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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          written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte HAJIME WATANABE                                
                                          and                                          
                                    MASASHIGE KIMURA                                   
                                      __________                                       
                                 Appeal No. 2002-0863                                  
                              Application No. 08/770,039                               
                                     ___________                                       
                                       ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KRASS, BARRETT and Moore, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          
                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final                  
          rejection of claims 7-18 and 21-23.  Claims 1-6, 19-20, and 22               
          have been canceled.  Thus, claims 7-18, 21 and 23 are before us on           
          appeal.                                                                      
                                  REPRESENTATIVE CLAIM                                 
               The appellants have indicated that claims 7-18 and 21 stand             
          or fall together, and that claim 23 stands or falls apart.                   
          Accordingly, we shall focus our attention on claims 7 and 23, and            
          the remaining claims will stand or fall together.  Note In re                






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