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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              today was not written for publication and is not                      
              binding precedent of the Board.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. 22           

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                    Ex parte HIROYUKI YAMASHITA, SHU YAMAGUCHI,                     
                           TERUO KUBOTA, KATSUHIKO KASAI,                           
                        SHIGERU TAMURA, and MASAKI TSUMADORI                        
                                     ___________                                    
                                Appeal No. 2001-1865                                
                             Application No.09/068,476                              
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                                 HEARD: MAY 21, 2002                                
                                     __________                                     
         Before GARRIS, PAWLIKOWSKI and NAGUMO, Administrative Patent               
         Judges.                                                                    
         PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.                                  

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of           
         claims 1, and 3 through 49.  We note that the examiner has                 
         indicated that claims 4 and 40 contain allowable subject matter.           
         (answer, pages 6-7).  Hence, claims 1, 3, 5-39, and 41-49 remain           
         on appeal.                                                                 







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