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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          written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.          
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                              Ex parte HIROSHI FUKUMOTO,                              
                         JYUNICHI AIZAWA, and MUNEHISA TAKEDA                         
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2005-2186                                 
                              Application No. 09/750,664                              
                                     ____________                                     
                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before FRANKFORT, PATE, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.          
          McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               Hiroshi Fukumoto et al. appeal from the final rejection                
          (mailed March 4, 2003) of claims 1-3.  Claims 4-11, 17 and 18,              
          the only other claims pending in the application, stand withdrawn           
          from consideration.                                                         











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