Ex parte HO - Page 5




                 Appeal No. 1998-1069                                                                                                                   
                 Application No. 08/259,575                                                                                                             


                 Bergonzoni                                            4,997,782                                    Mar.  5,                            
                 1991                                                                                                                                   
                 Yamane et al. (Yamane)                                5,036,019                                    Jul. 30,                            
                 1991                                                                                                                                   
                 Ichikawa                                              5,399,514                                    Mar. 21,                            
                 1995                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                         (filed Apr. 22, 1991)                                          
                          Claims 54 and 56-61 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103                                                                      
                 as being unpatentable over Schwabe, Bergonzoni, Hsu, Ichikawa                                                                          
                 and Yamane.2                                                                                                                           
                          Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the                                                                      
                 Examiner, reference is made to the Brief,  the Examiner's                 3                                                            















                          2At page 4 of the Examiner's Answer, the Examiner                                                                             
                 withdrew the final rejection of claims 54-61 under 35 U.S.C. §                                                                         
                 112, first paragraph and second paragraph, and the rejection                                                                           
                 of claim 58 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, fourth paragraph.                                                                                   
                          3The Brief was received October 16, 1996                                                                                      
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