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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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                                Ex parte HISASHI OHTANI                               
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                                 Appeal No. 2003-0751                                 
                              Application No. 08/995,368                              
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                                 HEARD: July 15, 2003                                 
                                     ____________                                     
          Before PAK, WARREN and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                 
          KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to            
          allow claims 15-17, 24 and 25.  Claims 2, 4, 18, 19 and 21-23               
          have been indicated as allowable by the examiner.  Claims 5-14,             
          which are all of the remaining claims pending in this                       
          application, stand withdrawn from further consideration by the              
          examiner as drawn to a non-elected invention.                               














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