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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                     journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29                                          

                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                              
                                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                              
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                                                          Ex parte  YOICHI SEKI, HIROYUKI SAITO,                                                                                       
                                                                     and TERUYO HAYAKAWA                                                                                               
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                                                                           Appeal No. 1997-0318                                                                                        
                                                                         Application 08/135,1731                                                                                       
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                                                                                   ON BRIEF                                                                                            
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                     Before FLEMING, RUGGIERO and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                  

                     LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                                


                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             

                                This is an appeal from the final rejection  of claims 1 through 18, which constitute all the claims2                                                                                            


                                1Application for patent filed October 12, 1993.                                                                                                        
                                2An amendment after the final rejection was filed [paper no. 10], however, it was refused entry                                                        
                     [paper no. 11].  A second amendment after the final rejection was filed [paper no. 14] and was entered                                                            
                     in the record by the Examiner [paper no. 15].                                                                                                                     
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