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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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte TOSHIYUKI ZAITSU                               
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                                Appeal No. 2000-2255                                  
                              Application No. 09/123,522                              
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of           
          claims 1-11, which are all of the claims pending in the present             
          application.  Amendments filed September 30, 1999 (Paper No. 7)             
          and December 10, 1999 (Paper No. 10) after final rejection were             
          approved for entry by the Examiner.                                         
               The claimed invention relates to a DC/DC converter including           
          a switching device for converting a DC voltage into an AC                   
          voltage.  Further included is a piezoelectric transformer which             





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