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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                     journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30                    


                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
                                                ________________                                                       
                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                  
                                               AND INTERFERENCES                                                       
                                                ________________                                                       
                                Ex parte ISAMU HANYU, MITSUJI NUNOKAWA                                                 
                                                 and SATORU ASAI                                                       
                                                ________________                                                       
                                              Appeal No. 95-1487                                                       
                                           Application 07/813,3871                                                     
                                                ________________                                                       
                                          HEARD:  January 16, 1998                                                     
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              Before KIMLIN, 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 1, 2 and 4-16, which are the only                                              
              claims remaining in this application.                                                                    
                     According to appellants, the invention is directed to an                                          
              optical exposure mask for patterning an optical beam and a method                                        

                     Application for patent filed December 27, 1991.1                                                                                                
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