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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                                   (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23                                 

                                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                          
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                                                          Ex parte KAZUYUKI OKUI                                                                       
                                                          and MAKOTO SHIOKAWA                                                                          
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                                                               Appeal No. 96-0898                                                                      
                                                             Application 08/083,838                                                                    
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                           
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                 Before GARRIS, WARREN and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                        

                 WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  
                                                        Decision on Appeal and Opinion                                                                 
                          This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner refusing to allow                                  
                 claims 8 through 22 and 24 as amended subsequent to the final rejection, which are all of the claims                                  
                 remaining in the application.1                                                                                                        
                          We have carefully considered the record before us, and based thereon, find that we cannot                                    
                 sustain the ground of rejection of the appealed claims, of which claim 8 is representative, under 35                                  


                                                                                                                                                      
                 1  See the amendment of November 4, 1994 (Paper No. 9), in which claim 23 was canceled.                                               

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