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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          was not written for publication and is not binding precedent                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. 16              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte ATSUSHI YAMADA,                                
                                  TSUTOMU NEGISHI,                                    
                               TOSHIHARU KOBAYASHI and                                
                                   NORIO WATANABE                                     
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2003-1392                                  
                               Application 09/593,867                                 
                                     __________                                       
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                     __________                                       
          Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and NAPPI, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1                 
          through 8.                                                                  
               The disclosed invention relates to a method and apparatus              
          for simultaneously displaying plural images in a scanning                   
          charged-particle beam instrument.                                           
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