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                                   THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                          
              The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written                             
              for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                            
                                                                                     Paper No. 31                        

                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                 
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                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
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                            Ex parte YOSHIBUMI MATSUDA, MASAAKI FUTAMOTO,                                                
                                  YOSHINORI MIYAMURA, TOKUHO TAKAGAKI,                                                   
                                 HISASHI TAKANO, FUMIO KUGIYA, TAKESHI                                                   
                                      NAKAO, KYO AKAGI, MIKIO SUZUKI,                                                    
                                HIROTSUGU FUKUOKA and TAKAYUKI MUNEMOTO                                                  
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                                               Appeal No. 94-3857                                                        
                                            Application 07/740,7081                                                      
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                                              HEARD: July 17, 1997                                                       
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              Before GARRIS, GRON and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                 
              GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                       

                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                     This is an decision on an appeal from the final rejection of                                        
              claims 1, 3 through 12, 21 and 27  through 29.  The only other2                                                           
              claims remaining in the application, which are claims 13 through                                           

                     1   Application for patent filed August 6, 1991.                                                    
                     2   We observe the following informality which is deserving of correction.                          
              On the last line of claim 27, “magnetic substrate” plainly should read --                                  
              nonmagnetic substrate--.                                                                                   
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