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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25         

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                      ____________                                     
                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                      ____________                                     
                                Ex parte TAKAYUKI KIJIMA                               
                                          and                                          
                                     MASATAKA IDE                                      
                                      ____________                                     
                                  Appeal No. 2003-0047                                 
                              Application No. 09/350,3351                              
                                      ____________                                     
                                  HEARD: June 11, 2003                                 
                                      ____________                                     

          Before FLEMING, DIXON and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final                  
          rejection of claims 2, 5, 9, 10, 12 and 13-17.  Claims 1, 3, 4,              
          6-8, and 11 are withdrawn from consideration as being draw to                
          non-elected species.                                                         
               We reverse.                                                             



               1 Application for patent filed July 09, 1999, which claims the foreign  
          filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of the Japanese Application No.
          195942/1998, filed July 10, 1998.                                            





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