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           written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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

                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
              Ex parte EIJI HASUNUMA, HIDEKI GENJO, SHIGERU SHIRATAKE,                
                       ATSUSHI HACHISUKA and KOJI TANIGUCHI                           
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2001-0646                                  
                             Application No. 09/227,935                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the            
          Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 2 and 4.  Claim 3 has               
          been canceled and claims 5, 6 and 7 are withdrawn from                      
          consideration as non-elected claims.  An amendment filed April 7,           
          2000 after final rejection was approved for entry by the                    
          Examiner.                                                                   






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