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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                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24         

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                                Ex parte TOMOYUKI KOIDE                               
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                                 Appeal No. 2003-0500                                 
                              Application No. 09/794,362                              
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                               HEARD: November 18, 2003                               
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          Before WALTZ1, KRATZ and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent            
          Judges.                                                                     
          KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to            
          allow claims 1-5 and 7-15, which are all of the claims pending in           
          this application.                                                           
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               Appellant’s invention relates to a color photographic light-           
          sensitive material comprising a silver halide emulsion including            


               1 Paul Lieberman, Administrative Patent Judge, who                     
          participated in the oral hearing for this appeal, is now retired.           
          Therefore, Thomas A. Waltz, Administrative Patent Judge, has been           
          added to the panel for participation in the subject decision.               
          Reargument is not required.  See In re Bose Corp., 772 F.2d 866,            
          869, 227 USPQ 1, 4 (Fed. Cir. 1985).                                        





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