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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 28                
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte KIYOTO MARUOKA,                                
                          AKIHIRO NAKAHARA and KAZUO HOCHI                            
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2002-0970                                  
                               Application 09/181,814                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF1                                       
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          Before COHEN, MCQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Kiyoto Maruoka et al. appeal from the final rejection (Paper           
          No. 19) of claims 1 through 12, all of the claims pending in the            
          application.                                                                
                                   THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to a hollow golf ball described by the           











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