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               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                 
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                               Paper No. 33           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                      Ex parte MAKOTO INAGAWA, AKIHIRO HOSOKAWA                       
                               and RICHARD E. DEMARAY                                 
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2002-1201                                  
                             Application No. 09/026,575                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     
          Before KIMLIN, DELMENDO and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent              
          Judges.                                                                     
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        


                                REQUEST FOR REHEARING                                 
               Appellants request rehearing of our decision of                        
          January 17, 2003, wherein we affirmed the examiner's rejections             
          of all the appealed claims, claims 1-3 and 5-22, under 35 U.S.C.            
          § 103 for essentially the reasons expressed in the Examiner's               
          Answer.  Appellants request that we reconsider our decision and             
          reverse the examiner's rejections.                                          


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