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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                          today was not written for publication and is not binding                                                                      
                 precedent of the Board.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. 31                                          

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                      Ex parte TAKASHI YOSHIDA                                                                          
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                                                          Appeal No. 2000-2091                                                                          
                                                       Application 08/441,0241                                                                          
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                                                         HEARD: APRIL 10, 2002                                                                          
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                 Before RUGGIERO, DIXON and SAADAT, Administrative Patent                                                                               
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 1 through 11 and 13 through 16.  Claim 12                                                                          
                 has been canceled.                                                                                                                     
                          We reverse.                                                                                                                   
                                                                   BACKGROUND                                                                           


                          1Application for patent filed May 15, 1995, which claims                                                                      
                 the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of                                                                           
                 Japanese Application No. 06-153489, filed July 5, 1994.                                                                                





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