Ex parte YAMAMOTO - Page 11




          Appeal No. 1999-0863                                                        
          Application 08/674,727                                                      

          provide the claimed characteristics.  The rejections of                     
          claims 20 and 21 over Ehata and Takema are reversed.                        
                                     CONCLUSION                                       
               The rejections of claims 10 and 11 under 35 U.S.C.                     
          § 103(a) over Ehata or Ruile or Mitchell are reversed.                      
               The rejections of claim 17-19 under § 102(b) over Ehata                
          or Takema are sustained.  The rejections of claims 20 and 21                
          under § 102(b) over Ehata or Takema are reversed.  The                      
          rejections of claims 17-21 under § 102(b) over Ruile or                     
          Mitchell are reversed.                                                      
               No time period for taking any subsequent action in                     
          connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR                    
          § 1.136(a).                                                                 
                                  AFFIRMED-IN-PART                                    




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