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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                          for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                            

                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                               
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                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                
                                          AND INTERFERENCES                                                     
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                                             Ex parte KENJI OSE                                                 
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                                              Appeal 2007-0722                                                  
                                           Application 09/992,597                                               
                                           Technology Center 2100                                               
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                                         Decided: February 28, 2007                                             
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                Before EDWARD C. KIMLIN, CHUNG K. PAK, and THOMAS A.                                            
                WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                            
                KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                            


                              REMAND UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(a)(1) AND                                          
                                   ORDER UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(d)                                             

                       This appeal involves claims 34-37, 40, 41, 43-47, 49-55, 61-65, 73,                      
                and 74.  The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) and 35 U.S.C.                         
                103(a).                                                                                         
                       The appealed claims are directed to a bicycle shift control device.                      
                The device comprises, inter alia, a rotatable dial coupled to a base member                     




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