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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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte TAKAO NAKAMURA                                
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                                Appeal No. 1997-3031                                  
                             Application No. 08/411,509                               
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                                 HEARD:  May 4, 2000                                  
                                   _______________                                    

          Before JOHN D. SMITH, OWENS and LIEBERMAN, Administrative                   
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                 

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                 
          examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 3 through 5, and 8                  
          through 11.                                                                 
               Claim 1 is representative and is reproduced below:                     

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