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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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22              

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                                                                     

                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     

                             Ex parte ATSUSHI MATSUBARA,                              
                       ATSUSHI IZUMIURA, HIDEYUKI TAKAHASHI,                          
                         TAKASHI KIYOMIYA, HIRONAO FUKUCHI,                           
                                and KATSUHIRO KUMAGAI                                 
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2003-0725                                  
                               Application 09/629,9781                                
                                                                                     
                               HEARD: October 21, 2003                                
                                                                                     
          Before BARRETT, FLEMING, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent             
          Judges.                                                                     
          BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from             
          the final rejection of claims 1-27.                                         
               We reverse.                                                            

          1  Application for patent filed July 31, 2000, entitled                     
          "Assistance Controlling Apparatus For Hybrid Vehicle," which                
          claims the foreign priority benefits under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of               
          Japanese patent application 11-223135, filed May 8, 1999.                   
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