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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               today was not written for publication and is not                       
               binding precedent of the Board.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. 33                   

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                  ________________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                  ________________                                    
                   Ex parte KAZUHIRO SUZUKI, TOSHIMASA MIZUNASHI,                     
                 YASUO NOMURA, YASUHIKO TERASHITA, TAKEHIRO YOKOYAMA                  
                                  ________________                                    
                                Appeal No. 2000-0723                                  
                               Application 08/852,415                                 
                                  ________________                                    
                               HEARD: JANUARY 23, 2002                                
                                  ________________                                    
          Before JERRY SMITH, LALL and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative                    
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          JERRY 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 1-3, 5, 6 and 8-27,                 
          which constitute all the claims remaining in the application.               
                                                                                     
          The disclosed invention pertains to a method and                            

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