Ex parte MILLER et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 95-4838                                                          
          Application No. 08/131,643                                                  



          Yeh                           4,066,526                Jan.  3,             
          1978                                                                        
          Howard                        4,303,420                Dec.  1,             
          1981                                                                        
          Diachuk                       4,350,504                Sep. 21,             
          1982                                                                        
          Kito et al. (Kito)            4,650,647                Mar. 17,             
          1987                                                                        
          Buelt et al. (Buelt)          4,957,393                Sep. 13,             
          1990                                                                        



                                   THE REJECTIONS                                     
               Claims 1 through 8, 10 through 16 and 18 through 21 stand              
          rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the                     
          admitted prior art figure 1 in view of Yeh or Kito.  Claims 9,              
          17 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable              
          over the admitted prior art figure 1 in view of Yeh or Kito                 
          and further in view of Howard, Diachuk or Buelt.                            


                                       OPINION                                        
               Appellants in their Brief, Page 5, state that claims 1                 
          through 22 stand separately and at least minimally present                  
          reasons in their argument as to why appellants consider the                 
          rejected claims to be separately patentable.  Accordingly, we               

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