Appeal No. 97-2035 Application 08/161,234 The rejection of claims 7 and 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kume, Shiroishi, or Tsuchiya in view of Abo and Coughlin is reversed. The rejection of claims 1, 2, 6, 9 and 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Horiuchi and Abo is affirmed. No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a). AFFIRMED-IN-PART 17Page: Previous 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007