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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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12                                                   

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                      Ex parte TATEO MURAMATSU                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 98-2082                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/521,6261                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and McQUADE, Administrative Patent                                                                             
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final                                                                     
                 rejection of claims 2, 4, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16 and 18-24.  Claims                                                                          


                          1Application for patent filed August 31, 1995.                                                                                
                 According to appellant, the application is a continuation-in-                                                                          
                 part of Application 08/435,433, filed May 10, 1995, now                                                                                
                 abandoned.                                                                                                                             
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