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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                    today was not written for publication and is not                                                
                    binding precedent of the Board.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                                                     
                                               ________________                                                     
                    Ex parte ISAO TOMIOKA, TAKESHI NAKANO, MIKIO FURUKAWA,                                          
                                    YOSHIAKI ECHIGO and MASATO WADA                                                 
                                               ________________                                                     
                                            Appeal No. 1998-2203                                                    
                                          Application 08/428,497                                                    
                                               ________________                                                     
                                                    ON BRIEF                                                        
                                               ________________                                                     
             Before KIMLIN, OWENS and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative                                              
             Patent Judges.                                                                                         
             OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                    


                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                     
                    This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of                                        
             claims 15-20, which are all of the claims remaining in the                                             
             application.                                                                                           




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