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                 Appeal No. 95-5109                                                                                                                     
                 Application No. 08/063,665                                                                                                             


                 Ueda et al. (Ueda)                                    5,107,337                                    Apr. 21,                            
                 1992                                                                                                                                   
                 Hiroshi et al. (Hiroshi)                   2          3-132172                                     May   6,                            
                 1991                                                                                                                                   
                 (Japanese patent application)                                                                                                          
                          Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                                                                        
                 unpatentable over Kondo.                                                                                                               
                          Claims 1, 2, 6 through 10 and 13 stand rejected under                                                                         
                 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kondo in view of                                                                            
                 Murashima.                                                                                                                             
                          Claims 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                                                                      
                 being unpatentable over Kondo in view of Murashima and Ueda.                                                                           
                          Claims 4 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                                                                        
                 being unpatentable over Kondo in view of Hiroshi.                                                                                      
                          Reference is made to the briefs and the answers for the                                                                       
                 respective positions of the appellant and the examiner.                                                                                
                                                                     OPINION                                                                            
                          The obviousness rejections are reversed.                                                                                      
                          All of the claims on appeal use the horizontal line peak                                                                      
                 hold system (Figure 3B) and the vertical peak hold system                                                                              
                 (Figure 3C) simultaneously in conjunction with either an                                                                               


                          2A copy of the translation of this reference is attached.                                                                     
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