Ex parte NISHIMURA et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 1997-0736                                                        
          Application No. 08/384,916                                                  

               Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                 
          unpatentable over Torigai in view of Ito.                                   


               Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                 
          unpatentable over Tanaka in view of Ito, as applied to claims               
          1, 3, 7, and 8 above, further in view of Takahashi.                         


               Claims 10, 11, 15, and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.               
          § 103 as being unpatentable over Tanaka in view of Ito and                  
          Takahashi as applied to claim 9 above, further in view of                   
          Morikawa.                                                                   


               The full text of the examiner's rejections and response                
          to the argument presented by appellants appears in the main                 
          and supplemental answers (Paper Nos. 13 and 20), while the                  
          complete statement of appellants’ argument can be found in the              
          main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 12 and 14).                               








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