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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               journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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.30                            


                                  UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                       

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                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                         
                                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                                              
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                       Ex parte KOICHI SANO, HIROYUKI SEKIGUCHI and TETSUO YOKOYAMA                                               
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                                                     Appeal No. 1997-1655                                                         
                                                    Application 07/797,8931                                                       
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                                                 HEARD: November 16, 1999                                                         
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               Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH and FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judges.                                              

               FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                

                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                             

                       Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 13 to 21,              

               which constitute all of the pending claims in the application before us.  Claims 1 to 12 have been                 

               canceled.  Claim 21 stands allowed as indicated by the examiner at the bottom of page 1 of the                     


                       Application for patent filed November 26, 1991.  Appellants rely upon a foreign priority filing date under1                                                                                                         
               35 U.S.C. § 119 of November 28, 1990.                                                                              
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