Ex parte WATANABE - Page 8




                 Appeal No. 1997-3731                                                                                                                   
                 Application No. 08/152,089                                                                                                             


                 the art have been able to derive the claimed invention from                                                                            
                 the applied prior art. It is for this reason that the                                                                                  
                 rejection on appeal cannot be sustained.6                                                                                              
                          The decision of the examiner is reversed.                                                                                     
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                            





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                          6Since we have concluded that the evidence of obviousness                                                                     
                 would not have been suggestive of the claimed invention, we                                                                            
                 need not focus upon the declaration of Mr. Takashi IWAI (main                                                                          
                 brief, “APPENDIX 3").                                                                                                                  
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