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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23                                                                

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                                 Ex parte SUNG-WOO KO                                 
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2001-2370                                 
                              Application No. 09/109,403                              
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                                HEARD: January 14, 2003                               
                                     ____________                                     
          Before THOMAS, BARRY, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1, 3, 5-10, and 14.                                     


                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               Appellant's invention relates to a shadow mask for a flat              
          cathode ray tube.  An understanding of the invention can be                 
          derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced            
          as follows:                                                                 
               1. A shadow mask for a flat cathode ray tube, which has a              
          plurality of pores for discriminating electron beams emitted from           






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