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          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was              
          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 
          the Board.                                                                  
                                                            Paper No. 38              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                    Ex parte MASAHITO MATSUMOTO and NOBUHIRO USUI                     
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                                Appeal No. 1999-0899                                  
                             Application No. 08/654,752                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before CALVERT, NASE, and JENNIFER D. BAHR, Administrative                  
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 13                
          to 19, all the claims remaining in the application.                         
               The claims on appeal are drawn to a method of                          
          manufacturing an instrument panel and, except for the errors                
          noted on page 2 of                                                          

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