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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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                      Ex parte OKADA MUNEKI and MORIMOTO KAZUYA                       
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                                Appeal No. 1998-2139                                  
                               Application 08/572,727                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   


               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final                 
          rejection of claims 3-11, 13 and 14 which are all of the                    
          claims remaining in the application.  Claims 1, 2 and 12 have               
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