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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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18                                                   

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                        Ex parte TAKAO AKIYAMA                                                                          
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                                                          Appeal No. 1997-0509                                                                          
                                                       Application 08/314,1311                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
                                                             ________________                                                                           
                 Before JERRY SMITH, LALL and GROSS, Administrative Patent                                                                              
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from                                                                       
                 the Examiner's final  rejection of Claims 5 to 19, other2                                                                                                  

                          1Application for patent filed September 28, 1994.                                                                             
                          2An amendment after the final rejection was filed [paper                                                                      
                 no. 7] and was entered in the record for the purposes of this                                                                          
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