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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          for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KI-HONG KIM                                  
                                    ____________                                      
                                 Appeal No. 97-3964                                   
                             Application No. 08/319,658                               
                                    ____________                                      
                              HEARD:  February 2, 2000                                
                                    ____________                                      
          Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and JERRY SMITH, Administrative                    
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      




                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1                 
          through 9.  In an amendment (paper number 16) that responded                
          to a new ground of rejection (Answer, pages 7 through 10),                  
          claims 1 and 3 through 6 were amended.                                      
               The disclosed invention relates to a mode discriminating               
          method and apparatus for discriminating the operating mode of               





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