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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21         

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                 Ex parte HIROYUKI MASUDA, KINYA IRI, KENICHIRO NOGI,                 
                                   and NOBUO MAMADA                                   
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2004-0642                                 
                              Application No. 09/635,098                              
                                     ____________                                     
                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before GARRIS, OWENS, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s            
          rejection of claims 16 and 19, the only claims pending in this              
          application.  Although the rejection dated Sep. 12, 2002, Paper No.         
          14, was not a final rejection, we have jurisdiction of this appeal          
          under 35 U.S.C. § 134 because these claims have been “twice                 
          rejected.”  See 35 U.S.C. § 134(a)(2002).                                   
               According to appellants, the invention is directed to a chip           
          inductor and a chip inductor array, which include a plurality of            






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