Ex parte ARAI - Page 3




            Appeal No. 2000-2115                                                                         
            Application No. 08/633,564                                                                   


            Shea                                       4,180,138                      Dec.               
            25, 1979                                                                                     
            Kawakatsu                                  4,335,429                      Jun.               
            15, 1982                                                                                     
            Ito et al. (Ito)                     5,225,982                      Jul.  6,                 
            1993                                                                                         
            Kriegler et al. (Kriegler)           5,492,189                      Feb. 20,                 
            1996                                                                                         
                                                             (filed Nov. 22,                             
            1994)                                                                                        

            In addition to the above-noted prior art references, the                                     
            examiner has also relied upon an admission of prior art found                                
            at page 7, lines 9-24, of appellant's specification.                                         


            Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,                                         
            first paragraph, as containing subject matter which was not                                  
            described in the specification in such a way as to enable one                                
            skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is                                 
            most nearly connected, to make and use the invention.                                        


            Claims 1 and 2 additionally stand rejected under 35                                          
            U.S.C.                                                                                       
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