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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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17                

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte MASANORI HARA                                 
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                                Appeal No. 1998-3023                                  
                             Application No. 08/339,731                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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            Before HAIRSTON, HECKER, and BARRY, Administrative Patent                 
            Judges.                                                                   
            HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                    

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
                 This is a decision on appeal from the final                          
            rejection of claims 1 to 26, all of the claims pending in                 
            the application.                                                          
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
                 The disclosed invention is directed to a fingerprint                 
            image cutout processing device and a method for use with                  
            tenprint cards that selects and inputs fingerprint images                 
            on a tenprint card.  The tenprint cards contain twenty                    





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