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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               journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                  ________________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                  ________________                                    
                       Ex parte JUNICHI YAMADA, MITUO SUGIYAMA                        
                                 and TADASHI IIHARA                                   
                                  ________________                                    
                                Appeal No. 1997-2437                                  
                             Application No. 08/230,378                               
                                  ________________                                    
                                HEARD:  June 6, 2000                                  
                                  ________________                                    

          Before KIMLIN, OWENS and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent                    
          Judges.                                                                     
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        



                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-8,              
          all the claims remaining in the present application.  Claim 1               
          is illustrative:                                                            


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