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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32         

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                        Ex parte HIROJI TANI and TEPPEI KUBOTA                        
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                                 Appeal No. 2003-0196                                 
                              Application No. 08/601,258                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before KIMLIN, WALTZ, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges.          
          WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s            
          final rejection of claims 1 through 17, which are the only claims           
          pending in this application.  We have jurisdiction pursuant to              
          35 U.S.C. § 134.                                                            
               According to appellants, the invention is directed to a method         
          for adjusting the temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) of a          
          temperature-measuring resistive element, which element includes             
          an electrically insulating base and a platinum film formed by               
          sintering an organic platinum compound (Brief, page 2).  The TCR            






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