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                                   THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                     
             The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is
             not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                    
                                                                                            Paper No. 22            
                             UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                              
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                                 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                 
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                      
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                                           Ex parte JAE KYEONG NOH                                                  
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                                              Appeal No. 1998-2576                                                  
                                              Application 08/413,944                                                
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                                                    ON BRIEF                                                        
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             Before HAIRSTON, KRASS and SMITH, JERRY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                 
             SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                    
                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                     

             This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s                             
             rejection of claims 1-11, which constitute all the claims in the application.                          
             The disclosed invention pertains to a method and apparatus for controlling a movie                     
             camera shutter speed.  More particularly, the invention uses a microcomputer for                       
             determining a limited usable range of shutter speed when the camera is operating in a                  
             manual shutter speed mode.                                                                             
             Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:                                                       









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