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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                                           (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21                                          

                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                              
                                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                              
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                                                     Ex parte TAKASHI ONISHI and TOSHIKAI HATA                                                                                         
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                                                                            Appeal No. 96-2185                                                                                         
                                                                         Application 08/205,8211                                                                                       
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                                                                                   ON BRIEF                                                                                            
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                     Before METZ, PAK and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                        

                     WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                              
                                                                   Decision on Appeal and Opinion                                                                                      
                                This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting                                                            
                     claims 1, 5 and 6.2                                                                                                                                               
                                           We have carefully considered the record before us, and based thereon, find that we                                                          
                     cannot sustain the ground of rejection of claims 1, 5 and 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Mraz et al. in                                                             



                     1Application for patent filed March 2, 1994. According to appellants, this application is a continuation                                                          
                     of application 07/699,110, filed May 13, 1991, now abandoned.                                                                                                     
                     2See amendment of March 2, 1994 (Paper No. 22).                                                                                                                   
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