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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               written for publication  and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                             Ex parte HIDEAKI KATASHIBA,                              
                            SATOSHI WACHI, KENRO MITSUDA,                             
                                   and KOUJI HAMANO                                   
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2003-1560                                 
                              Application No. 09/899,985                              
                                     ____________                                     
                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before GARRIS, OWENS and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final                 
          rejection of claims 1-5, 10, 11 and 13.  Claims 6-9, which are              
          all of the other claims pending in this application, have been              
          withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner as drawn to            
          a non-elected invention.                                                    














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