Ex parte MCMAHAN et al. - Page 8




          Appeal No. 95-4154                                                          
          Application 08/122,193                                                      

               Regarding the rejection of claims 32, 33 and 43 under                  
          35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Asano and Anderson,              
          Anderson has been relied on only to show the "storage" aspect of            
          those claims and would not make up for the deficiency of Asano as           
          already discussed in connection with the anticipation rejection             
          and the obviousness rejection over Asano.                                   
               Accordingly, we do not sustain the obviousness rejection of            
          claims 32, 33 and 43 over Asano and Anderson.                               
                                     Conclusion                                       
               The rejection of claims 30, 31 and 35-37 under 35 U.S.C.               
          § 102(b) as being anticipated by Asano is reversed.                         
               The rejection of claims 32, 33 and 43 under 35 U.S.C. § 103            
          as being unpatentable over Asano and Anderson is reversed.                  
















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