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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                          today was not written for publication and is not binding                                                                      
                 precedent of the Board.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. 21                             


                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                       Ex parte MASAHIRO SATOU                                                                          
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                                                          Appeal No. 2000-1472                                                                          
                                                    Application No. 08/855,104                                                                          
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                                                      HEARD: February 13, 2001                                                                          
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                 Before FRANKFORT, GONZALES, and LAZARUS, Administrative Patent                                                                         
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                 


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner's final                                                                     
                 rejection of claims 1 through 5, which are all of the claims                                                                           
                 pending in this application.1                                                                                                          

                          1Claim 1 was amended subsequent to the final rejection.                                                                       
                 See Paper No. 8.  While the examiner has approved entry of the                                                                         
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