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             The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was         
             not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board.         
                                                            Paper No. 28            

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                              Ex parte RYOHEI KOKAWA,                               
                                 YASUHIRO YAMAKAGE,                                 
                                and MAKOTO SHINOHARA                                
                                                                                   
                                    ____________                                    

                                Appeal No. 2004-1087                                
                             Application No. 09/223,472                             
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                                      ON BRIEF                                      
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         Before KRATZ, DELMENDO and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent              
         Judges.                                                                    
         PAWLIKOWSKI, 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 1-5 and 18-33.                        
              Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal             
         and is set below:                                                          







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