Ex parte YAMANASHI et al. - Page 7




                 Appeal No. 96-0879                                                                                                                     
                 Application 08/101,228                                                                                                                 


                 conclusion that the differences between the subject matter                                                                             
                 recited in claims 1 and 11, and in claims 2 through 10, 12 and                                                                         
                 13 which depend therefrom,  and the prior art are such that3                                                                                       
                 the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the                                                                           
                 time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill                                                                          
                 in the art.  Therefore, we                                                                                                             











                 shall not sustain the standing 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of                                                                            
                 these claims.                                                                                                                          
                          The decision of the examiner is reversed.                                                                                     


                                                                   REVERSED                                                                             




                          3In the event of further prosecution before the examiner,                                                                     
                 the dependencies of claims 12 and 13 should be corrected as                                                                            
                 indicated on page 3 in the brief (Paper No. 9).                                                                                        
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