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               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                 
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                               Paper No. 18           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                               Ex parte KAZUYUKI KANAI                                
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2002-2066                                  
                             Application No. 09/288,504                               
                                                                                     
                                HEARD: APRIL 2, 2003                                  
                                                                                     

          Before RUGGIERO, BARRY, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      



                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of           
          claims 1-26, which are all of the claims pending in the present             
          application.                                                                
               The claimed invention relates to a decision making system              
          and method which utilizes a decision tree including branches that           
          represent actions to be selected in deciding medical treatment              

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