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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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                                Ex parte KEISUKE SHINAGAWA et al.                                                                       
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                                                           Appeal No. 1997-3993                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/462,5611                                                                       
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                                                        HEARD:  January 13, 2000                                                                        
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                 Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent                                                                             
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     


                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 8 through 10, which are all of the claims                                                                          
                 pending in this application.2                                                                                                          


                          We REVERSE.                                                                                                                   

                          1Application for patent filed June 5, 1995.                                                                                   
                          2Claims 9 and 10 were amended subsequent to the final                                                                         
                 rejection.                                                                                                                             





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