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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the              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. 13              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                             Ex parte HIDETOSHI SHIRAKAWA                              
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                                Appeal No. 2002-0852                                   
                                Application 09/466,322                                 
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                                       ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent                
          Judges.                                                                      
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of                
          claim 1.  Claim 2 has been canceled.                                         
                                      Invention                                        
               The invention relates to an elongated oval track-shaped                 
          loudspeaker.  See page 2 of Appellant’s specification.  Referring            
          to figures 1 and 2, a magnet 11 is disposed around a pole piece              
          10.  The pole piece 10 forming the magnetic circuit together with            

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