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                        THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                  
             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                         publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25            
                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                  
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                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                     
                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                            
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                                      Ex parte HIDEFUMI HIURA                                         
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                                        Appeal No. 2002-0465                                          
                                    Application No. 09/432,610                                        
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                                     HEARD: September 17, 2002                                        
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            Before WALTZ, KRATZ and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.                               
            KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                       

                                         DECISION ON APPEAL                                           
                  This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                              
            rejection of claims 28-37, which are all of the claims pending in                         
            this application.                                                                         
                                             BACKGROUND                                               
                  Appellant's invention relates to a method for treating a                            
            surface atomic layer of a graphite sheet comprising the steps of                          
            selecting a pattern, determining growth points that can be                                
            expanded to form the selected pattern, forming generally circular                         






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