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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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16              
                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                                                                     

                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     

                                Ex parte JAE-NAM KIM                                  
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2001-0259                                  
                               Application 08/725,7621                                
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     
          Before BARRETT, RUGGIERO, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent            
          Judges.                                                                     
          BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the            
          final rejection of claims 112 and 13.  Claims 1, 3-5, and 7-9 are           
          indicated to be allowable.                                                  


          1  Application for patent filed October 4, 1996, entitled                   
          "Speaker System Having an Amplifying Horn," which claims the                
          foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Republic           
          of Korea Application 96-12218, filed April 22, 1996.                        
          2  Claim 11 was amended after the final rejection (Paper                    
          No. 8) to incorporate the limitations of dependent claim 12.                
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