Appeal No. 1997-2478 Application 08/361,554 appealed claims. We are therefore unable to agree with the examiner that one of ordinary skill in the art would have arrived at the subject matter of the appealed claims based on the teachings of Akatsu, Kawagoe and Hiwatashi. The decision of the examiner is reversed. REVERSED CHARLES E. FRANKFORT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT LAWRENCE J. STAAB ) Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) ) INTERFERENCES ) JOHN F. GONZALES ) Administrative Patent Judge ) 11Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007