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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              publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KAEKO KUGA                                                       
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                                                Appeal No. 1998-2464                                                      
                                              Application No. 08/353,278                                                  
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                           
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              Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and RUGGIERO,  Administrative Patent Judges.                                      
              KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                         

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                     This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-3, all of the claims               
              pending in the application.                                                                                 
                     The invention is directed to a liquid crystal display (LCD) wherein a light emitting                 
              layer containing a fluorescent material is caused to emit light, without using any power                    
              source for causing a back light to emit light.                                                              
                     Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:                                         


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