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              The opinion in support of the decision being entered                 
              today was not written for publication in a law journal               
              and is not binding precedent of the Board.                           

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                     
                                                                                  
                        BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                                                                  
                           Ex parte SHIGETAKA KOBAYASHI,                           
                         TAKESHI YAMADA and MASAKI HANADA                          
                                                                                  
                               Appeal No. 2006-0364                                
                            Application No. 10/068,400                             
                                                                                  
                                     ON BRIEF                                      
                                                                                  
         Before KIMLIN, WARREN and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.            
         KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 25, 32          
         and 39.  Appellants do not appeal the final rejection of claims           
         22-24, 26-31, 33-38, 40 and 41.  Illustrative claim 25 is                 
         reproduced below, as is claim 22, upon which claim 25 depends.            
         Also, the examiner has withdrawn the rejection of claims 25, 32           
         and 39 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph.                            
         22. A method of forming a bonded assembly, said method                    
         comprising the steps of:                                                  

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