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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                              for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28                   

                                  UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                      
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                                        BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                       
                                                     AND INTERFERENCES                                                           
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                                        Ex parte MASAMITSU YAMAMOTO et al.                                                       
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                                                  Appeal No. 2000-0286                                                           
                                              Application No. 08/704,031                                                         
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                                                           ON BRIEF                                                              
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               Before FRANKFORT, NASE, and BAHR, 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 to 12, which are all of the claims                                                          
               pending in this application.1                                                                                     


                      We REVERSE and enter a new rejection pursuant to 37 CFR                                                    
               § 1.196(b).                                                                                                       


                      1Claim 8 was amended subsequent to the final rejection.                                                    





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