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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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20                 

                          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                        
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                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                          
                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                            
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                                Ex parte SAIKO HOSOKAWA, TOSHIAKI TAGAWA,                                                  
                                          YOKO HIRAKAWA, NORIHIKO ITO                                                      
                                              and KAZUHIRO NAGAIKE                                                         
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                                                 Appeal No. 2002-1358                                                      
                                              Application No. 09/467,903                                                   
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                                               HEARD:   March 20, 2003                                                     
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              Before WINTERS, MILLS, and GRIMES,  Administrative Patent Judges.                                            
              MILLS, 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 30-49, which are the claims pending in this application.                                 
                     Claims 30 and 39 are representative of the claims on appeal and read as                               
              follows:                                                                                                     



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