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                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                           
                                              ____________                                                 
                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                            
                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                  
                                              ____________                                                 
                                    Ex parte MASAHIKO YAMADA                                               
                                              ____________                                                 
                                            Appeal 2007-1733                                               
                                         Application 09/978,275                                            
                                         Technology Center 2600                                            
                                              ____________                                                 
                                        Decided: October 25, 2007                                          
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               Before JOSEPH L. DIXON, JEAN R. HOMERE, and                                                 
               MARC S. HOFF, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                 
               HOMERE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                        


                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                                      STATEMENT OF THE CASE                                                
                      Appellant appeals under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner’s final                    
               rejection of claims 1 through 13, 20, 21, and 37 through 41.  We have                       
               jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b) to decide this appeal.  We reverse.                     





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