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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          for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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.  23             

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                    _____________                                      
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                         Ex parte MASAYUKI TATEWAKI, HIROMASA                          
                              KATO and KENICHI OBINATA                                 
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                                  Appeal No. 95-3481                                   
                               Application 08/017,9771                                 
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                                       ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before JOHN D. SMITH, PAK and WALTZ, Administrative Patent                   
          Judges.                                                                      
          WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s             
          final rejection of claims 4, 7 and 8, which are the only claims              
          remaining in this application.                                               



               1 Application for patent filed February 12, 1993. According to applicants,
          this application is a continuation of Application 07/834,612, filed February 12,
          1992, which is a division of Application 07/667,829, filed March 12, 1991, now
          Patent No. 5,186,994, granted February 16, 1993.                             
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