Appeal No. 1997-2209 Application No. 08/179,196 In summary, the examiner’s rejection of claims 17, 23, 26, 31, and 32 under the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 is reversed. The examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 5-9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18-33 and 36 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Urano in view of Sinta and Murata and further in view of Yamanaka is reversed. The examiner’s rejection of claims 14 and 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Urano in view of Sinta and Murata and further in view of Yamanaka and Ueda is also reversed. REVERSED CHUNG K. PAK ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT TERRY J. OWENS ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) ROMULO H. DELMENDO ) Administrative Patent Judge ) 14Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007