Ex Parte Berg et al - Page 3




          Appeal No. 2004-1074                                                        
          Application No. 09/924,772                                                  


          Legrady et al. (Legrady)         5,816,868         Oct.  6, 1998            
          Belopolsky                       5,842,888         Dec.  1, 1998            
          Uchiyama                         6,007,387         Dec. 28, 1999            
                                   THE REJECTIONS                                     
               Claims 1 through 4, 6, 8, 9, 13 through 16 and 18 stand                
          rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over                
          Cohen in view of Okamoto.                                                   
               Claims 5 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as             
          being unpatentable over Cohen in view of Okamoto and Uchiyama.              
               Claim 7 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being              
          unpatentable over Cohen in view of Okamoto and Belopolsky.                  
               Claims 10 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as            
          being unpatentable over Cohen in view of Okamoto and Shepherd.              
               Claims 12 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as            
          being unpatentable over Cohen in view of Okamoto and Ward.                  
               Claims 11 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as            
          being unpatentable over Cohen in view of Okamoto, Shepherd and              
          Legrady.                                                                    
               Attention is directed to the main and reply briefs (Paper              
          Nos. 7 and 10) and to the answer (Paper No. 8) for the respective           






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