Ex parte IKEGAMI - Page 9




          Appeal No. 96-1271                                                          
          Application No. 08/190,388                                                  


          ignored as a mere process step within a claim otherwise                     
          reciting a product.                                                         


               The examiner’s decision rejecting claims 1, 3 through 7                
          and 9 through 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                         

                                      REVERSED                                        





          Kenneth W. Hairston             )                                           
               Administrative Patent Judge     )                                      
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                         Errol A. Krass                  ) BOARD OF                   
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                         Administrative Patent Judge     )   APPEALS AND              
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               Lee E. Barrett                     )                                   
                         Administrative Patent Judge     )                            


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