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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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                                               
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                                             Ex parte MUNEO NISHIZAWA                                                                         
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                                                 Appeal No. 2006-0844                                                                         
                                              Application No. 10/118,027                                                                      
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                                               
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             Before CRAWFORD, BAHR, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                   
             CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                           



                                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                              
                    This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 and 4                                        
             to 7, which are all of the claims pending in this application.  Claims 2 and 3 have been                                         
             cancelled.                                                                                                                       
                    The appellant's invention relates to a seat belt assembly including a load limiter                                        
             that is integrated into the seatbelt retractor and two pretensioners one of which is                                             
             disposed at the seatbelt retractor (specification, p. 3).  A copy of the claims under                                            
             appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.                                                                    















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