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                          THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                      
            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            was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                                 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. 21                    
                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                        
                                             _____________                                                  
                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                          
                                           AND INTERFERENCES                                                
                                             _____________                                                  
                                           Ex parte YANG XU                                                 
                                       and TERESA LECHNER-FISH                                              
                                             _____________                                                  
                                         Appeal No. 2003-1920                                               
                                       Application 09/538,4551                                              
                                             ______________                                                 
                                                ON BRIEF                                                    
                                            _______________                                                 

            Before KIMLIN, PAK, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent                                 
            Judges.                                                                                         
            PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                               


                                          DECISION ON APPEAL                                                
                   This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                              
            examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 17, 20, 21 and 23                                
            through 30, which are all of the claims pending in the above-                                   
            identified application.                                                                         

                   1 Application for patent filed March 30, 2000.                                           
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