Ex parte DENNIS et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 1997-0123                                                        
          Application 08/368,926                                                      


          rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over                   
          Nakamura in view of the admitted prior art and further in view              
          of Suetake.                                                                 
               Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the              
          Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs  and Answer for the5                                  
          respective details thereof.                                                 







                                       OPINION                                        
               We have carefully considered the subject matter on                     
          appeal, the rejection advanced by the Examiner, and the                     
          evidence                                                                    
          of obviousness relied upon by the Examiner as support for the               
          rejection.  We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into                      
          consideration, in reaching our decision, Appellants’                        


               5The Appeal Brief was filed May 23, 1996.  In response to              
          the Examiner’s Answer dated June 26, 1996, a Reply Brief was                
          filed August 26, 1996, which was acknowledged and entered by                
          the Examiner without further comment on October 7, 1996.                    

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