Ex parte TANIGAKI et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1997-4246                                                        
          Application No. 08/542,085                                                  

          a reading of exemplary claim 1, a copy of which appears in the              
          APPENDIX to the main brief (Paper No. 14).                                  


               As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the               
          documents listed below:                                                     

          Kobayashi                     4,699,427                     Oct.            
          13, 1987                                                                    
          Chiarella                     5,108,076                     Apr.            
          28, 1992                                                                    
          Daimler-Benz             880,554                       Oct. 25,             
          1961                                                                        
          (Great Britain)                                                             

               The following rejections are before us for review.                     


               Claims 1, 2, 7 through 9, 13, and 18 through 20 stand                  
          rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over                   
          Daimler-Benz.                                                               


               Claims 3 through 6, 11, 12, 14 through 17, 22, and 23                  
          stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable                  
          over Daimler-Benz in view of Kobayashi.                                     


               Claims 10 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as               
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