Ex parte KIHARA et al. - Page 3




              Appeal No. 1997-3051                                                                                           
              Application No. 08/473,963                                                                                     

              Nguyen-Kim et al. (Nguyen-Kim)              5,035,979                   Jul.  30,  1991                        
              Ushirogouchi et al. (Ushirogouchi)          5,169,740             Dec.  8,  1992                               
              (Filed Mar. 29, 1990)                                                                                          
              Uenishi et al. (Uenishi ‘389)               5,173,389             Dec. 22, 1992                                
              (Filed Apr. 26, 1990)                                                                                          
              Nakano et al. (Nakano)                      5,225,311             Jul.    6,  1993                             
              (Filed Apr. 5, 1991)                                                                                           
              Uenishi et al. (Uenishi ‘582)               5,248,582             Sep. 28,  1993                               
              (Filed Dec. 8, 1992)                                                                                           
              Elsaesser et al. (Elsaesser)                5,376,496             Dec. 27, 1994                                
              (Filed Jan. 30, 1991)                                                                                          
              Ebersole                                    5,324,620             Jun. 28,  1994                               
              (Filed Jul. 26, 1993)                                                                                          
              Crivello et al. (Crivello)           EP 0249139                   Dec. 16, 1987                                
              European Patent Application                                                                                    
                                                  THE REJECTIONS                                                             

                      The Examiner entered the following grounds of rejection:                                               
                      Claims 33-39, 42-45, 47-49, 52 and 54 are rejected as unpatentable under 35                            
              U.S.C. § 103 over Crivello, Nguyen-Kim, or Elsaesser in view of Uenishi ‘389 or Uenishi                        
              ‘582.  (Examiner’s Answer, page 5).                                                                            






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