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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                                Ex parte TADAHIRO IGAWA                               
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2002-0345                                 
                              Application No. 09/177,655                              
                                     ____________                                     
                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before COHEN, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  


               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 7, 9,             
          and 10.  These claims constitute all of the claims remaining in             
          the application.                                                            


               Appellant's invention pertains to a passenger-side airbag              
          device.  A basic understanding of the invention can be derived              
          from a reading of exemplary claim 7, a copy of which appears in             
          attachment to the main brief (Paper No. 17).                                






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