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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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21              

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                                                                     

                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     

                              Ex parte HIROTAKA MAKINO                                
                                  and HAJIME OKADA                                    
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2002-1876                                  
                               Application 09/358,1581                                
                                                                                     
                                HEARD: March 13, 2003                                 
                                                                                     
          Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and BARRETT, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the            
          final rejection of claims 1-5, 7, and 8.  Claim 6 has been                  
          canceled.                                                                   
               We affirm.                                                             

          1  Application for patent filed July 20, 1999, entitled                     
          "Connector," which claims the foreign filing priority benefit               
          under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese Application 10-205036, filed              
          July 21, 1998.                                                              
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