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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                                           (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26                                          

                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                              
                                                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                             
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                                                                   Ex parte TOMOKI MURAOKA                                                                                             
                                                                   and MASAYUKI KOBAYASHI                                                                                              
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                                                                           Appeal No. 1996-3777                                                                                        
                                                                         Application 08/103,9151                                                                                       
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                                                                                   ON BRIEF                                                                                            
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                     Before DOWNEY, WARREN and KRATZ, 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 refusing to allow                                                            
                     claims 1 and 3 as amended subsequent to the final rejection, which are all of the claims remaining in the                                                         
                     application.2                                                                                                                                                     



                     1Application for patent filed August 10, 1993.                                                                                                                    
                     2See the amendment of May 17, 1995 (Paper No. 11) and the amendment of September 18, 1995                                                                         
                     (Paper No. 19).  Appellants canceled claims 4 through 7 in the former amendment and canceled claim                                                                
                     2 in the latter amendment. We observe that the former amendment has not been clerically entered.                                                                  
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