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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                               publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25              
                                UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                 
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                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
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                                                Ex parte MINORU OZAWA                                                     
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                                                  Appeal No. 1997-0187                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/198,6711                                               
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                                                        ON BRIEF                                                          
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              Before THOMAS, FLEMING and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.                                             
              DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                         



                                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                                       

                     This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 17-20,                    
              which are all of the claims pending in this application.                                                    
                     We REVERSE.                                                                                          




                     1Application for patent filed February 18, 1994.  According to the appellant, the application is a   
              continuation of Application 07/811,441, filed December 19, 1991, now abandoned; which is a continuation-    
              in-part of Application 07/629,783, filed December 17, 1990, now abandoned.                                  





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