Ex parte TAKITA et al. - Page 4




                 Appeal No. 1997-0830                                                                                                                   
                 Application 08/132,998                                                                                                                 



                 Yamazaki                         5,214,417       May  25, 1993                                                                         
                 Takahara et al. (Takahara)       0,478,371       Apr.  1, 1992                                                                         
                 (European Patent Application)                                                                                                          


                                   Claims 64 through 77 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                                                                  
                 § 103 as being unpatentable over Yamazaki.  Claims 27 through                                                                          
                 50 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable                                                                          
                 over Takahara.  Claims 5 through 10 and 13 through 18 stand                                                                            
                 rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over                                                                              
                 Yamazaki in view of Takahara.2                                                                                                         












                          2We note that the Examiner in the final rejection re-                                                                         
                 jected claims 5 through 18, 27 through 50, and 64 through 77                                                                           
                 under                                                                                                                                  
                 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, and rejected claims 11, 12                                                                           
                 and 64 through 77 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph.                                                                             
                 The Examiner has withdrawn these rejections as indicated in                                                                            
                 the advisory action of November 14, 1995.  Thus, claims 11 and                                                                         
                 12 have not been rejected on the record.                                                                                               
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