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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 40         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
               Ex parte JUNICHI ONISHI, AKIHIRO TAGUCHI, KENJI HARANO,                
                  AKINOBU UCHIKUBO, KENYA INOMATA, MAKOTO TSUNAKAWA,                  
                   KUNIAKI KAMI, TSUTOMU HIRAI, TAKASHI TAKEMURA,                     
                   MAMORU KANEKO, YASUKAZU TATSUMI and KYOU IMAGAWA                   
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 1999-2413                                 
                              Application No. 08/754,203                              
                                     ____________                                     
                                HEARD: October 16, 2001                               
                                     ____________                                     
          Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent              
          Judges.                                                                     
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of           
          claims 3, 4, 6-16, 24, 25, 27-37, and 41-44.  Claims 1, 2, 5,               
          17-23, 26, 38-40, and 45 have been canceled.  An amendment filed            
          November 25, 1998 after final rejection was approved for entry by           
          the Examiner.                                                               






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