Ex parte YAMAMOTO et al. - Page 8

          Appeal No. 96-4156                                                          
          Application 08/218,135                                                      

               For the reasons discussed above, the Examiner has failed               
          to establish a prima facie case of obviousness.  The rejection              
          of claims 1 and 2 is reversed.  Nishihara does not cure the                 
          deficiencies of the combination of Yamamoto and O'Neil.  Thus,              
          the rejection of dependent claims 3 and 4 is also reversed.                 
                                      REVERSED                                        







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