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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                 (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 43                                 

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                               Ex parte TOSHIMITSU ISHIKAWA and                                                                         
                                                           KAZUICHI KOMENAKA                                                                            
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                                                          Appeal No. 1997-1693                                                                          
                                                       Application 08/254,6671                                                                          
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                                                       HEARD: October 20, 1999                                                                          
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                 Before THOMAS, RUGGIERO, and HECKER, Administrative Patent                                                                             
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                 

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of                                                                      

                          1Application for patent filed June 6, 1994.  According to                                                                     
                 applicants, the application is a continuation of Application                                                                           
                 07/920,168, filed July 27, 1992, now abandoned; which is a                                                                             
                 continuation of Application 07/618,896, filed November 28,                                                                             
                 1990, now abandoned.                                                                                                                   
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