Ex parte YOKOMIZO et al. - Page 7




          Appeal No. 1996-3167                                       Page 7           
          Application No. 07/974,834                                                  


          rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper                 
          No. 28, mailed March 21, 1994) and the answer (Paper No. 41,                
          mailed October 11, 1995) for the examiner's complete reasoning              
          in support of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 40,               
          filed June 16, 1995) and reply brief (Paper No. 43, filed                   
          December 11, 1995) for the appellants' arguments thereagainst.              


                                       OPINION                                        
               In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given                 
          careful consideration to the appellants' specification and                  
          claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the                     
          respective positions articulated by the appellants and the                  
          examiner.  As a consequence of our review, we make the                      
          determinations which follow.                                                


          The indefiniteness rejection                                                
               We will not sustain the rejection of claims 4, 6, 7, 13,               
          14, 26, 28 to 31, 34, 35 and 41 to 52 under 35 U.S.C. § 112,                
          second paragraph.                                                           










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