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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                 publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                            
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                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                       Ex parte TAKAHIRO KATOH                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 97-2546                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/399,7221                                                                          
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                                                          HEARD: March 8, 1999                                                                          
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                 Before FRANKFORT, PATE, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent                                                                             
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           


                 This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal                                                                               
                 to allow claims 3, 5, 7 through 14 and 25 through 35 as                                                                                
                 amended subsequent to the final rejection in papers filed June                                                                         
                 27, 1996 (Paper No. 10), August 1, 1996 (Paper No. 12) and                                                                             



                          1    Application for patent filed March 7, 1995.                                                                              
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