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                            The opinion is not binding precedent of the Board.                            
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                          
                                             ____________                                                 
                            BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                            
                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                 
                                             ____________                                                 
                         Ex parte Mahalingam Santhanam and Wilbur S. Mardis                               
                                             ____________                                                 
                                           Appeal 2007-2521                                               
                                       Reexamination 90/007,130                                           
                                         Application 10/936,831                                           
                                        Technology Center 1700                                            
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                                      Decided: September 28, 2007                                         
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               Before RICHARD E. SCHAFER, ADRIENE LEPIANE HANLON, and                                     
               RICHARD TORCZON Administrative Patent Judges.                                              
               SCHAFER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                      
                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                
                     Patentees appeal from the rejection of Claims 1-7 and 12-18.  35                     
               U.S.C. §§ 134 and 306.  We have jurisdiction.  35 U.S.C. § 6(b).                           
                                     STATEMENT OF THE CASE                                                
           1         An examiner finally rejected the claims under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as                  
           2   anticipated by the disclosure of Japanese Patent Publication 60-44352                      
           3   (Yasuda).1  We affirm.                                                                     
           4                                                                                              

                                                                                                         
               1     All page references to Yasuda are to the English translation of record.              



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