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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              publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                 
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                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                  
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                     
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
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                                               Ex parte TOSHIYA SATO                                                      
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                                                Appeal No. 1998-1644                                                      
                                              Application No. 08/494,516                                                  
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                           
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              Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and BARRETT,  Administrative Patent Judges.                                       
              KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                         

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                     This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 8, all of the              
              claims pending in the application.                                                                          
                     The invention is directed to the detection of a rotation angle of a crankshaft of an                 
              engine.  More specifically, a magnetic sensor outputs a signal in accordance with the                       
              passing of teeth in only a specified range of the ring gear.  That range is set so as not                   




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