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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                                 today was not written for publication and is not binding                                        
                                 precedent of the Board.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. 31                          
                                 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                       
                                                       _______________                                                           
                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                        
                                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                                             
                                                       _______________                                                           
                                                 Ex parte ATSUHIRO TODO,                                                         
                                         KAORI OKADA, TOSHIHIRO SEKIGUCHI                                                        
                                                    and KAZUO HIROTA                                                             
                                                       ______________                                                            
                                                    Appeal No. 2003-1969                                                         
                                                    Application 09/690,731                                                       
                                                       _______________                                                           
                                                   HEARD:  January 8, 2004                                                       
                                                       _______________                                                           
               Before WARREN, WALTZ and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                  
               WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                              
                                               Decision on Appeal and Opinion                                                    
                      We have carefully considered the record in this appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134, including                    
               the opposing views of the examiner, in the answer, and appellants, in the brief and reply brief,                  
               and based on our review, find that we cannot sustain the rejections of appealed claims 4 through                  
               7,1 all of the claims in the application, under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over                     
               Kondo et al. (Kondo) in view of Kato, Smith et al., Hu, Miller et al. (Miller) or Van Rheenen                     
               et al.2                                                                                                           


                                                                                                                                
               1  See the appendix to the brief (Paper No. 22).                                                                  
               2  Answer, pages 4-5.                                                                                             

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