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          Appeal No. 97-1583                                                          
          Application No. 08/340,785                                                  


          non-integer.  Thus, the 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) rejection of claims              
          1, 2, 8, 9 and 14 through 16 is reversed.                                   
               The 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of claims 3, 4, 7, 10, 11,               
          17 and 20 is reversed because Ochi neither teaches nor would                
          have suggested to one of ordinary skill in the art “M/N being               
          an integer.”                                                                
                                      DECISION                                        
               The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1, 2, 8, 9               
          and 14 through 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b), and claims 3, 4,                
          7, 10, 11, 17 and 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                     
                                      REVERSED                                        






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