Ex Parte LI et al - Page 3




          Appeal No. 2001-0867                                                        
          Application 09/016,571                                                      


          The following rejections are on appeal before us:                           
          1. Claims 1-3, 6-11, 14, 15, 17-21, 23 and 25-27 stand                      
          rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the               
          teachings of Li in view of the admitted prior art.                          
          2. Claim 28 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                        
          being unpatentable over the teachings of Li in view of the                  
          admitted prior art and further in view of Schuster.                         
          3. Claims 13 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103                    
          as being unpatentable over the teachings of Li in view of the               
          admitted prior art and Schuster and further in view of                      
          Pennebaker.                                                                 
          4. Claims 4, 18, 22 and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                   
          § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Li in view of             
          the admitted prior art and further in view of Ramchandran.                  
          5. Claim 12 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                        
          being unpatentable over the teachings of Li in view of the                  
          admitted prior art and further in view of Copperi.                          
          A rejection of claims 20-28 under the first paragraph of 35                 
          U.S.C. § 112 has been withdrawn by the examiner [answer, page               
          14].                                                                        




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