Ex parte LEE - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1998-0701                                                        
          Application 08/263,744                                                      


          Enoki                         4,991,027          Feb. 05, 1991              
          Kim et al. (Kim)              5,319,499          June 07, 1994              
          (filed Aug. 28,                                                             
          1991)                                                                       

          Fukami et al. (Fukami)        5,477,396          Dec. 19, 1995              
          (effectively filed Nov. 26,                                                 
          1990)                                                                       
          Minoda et al. (Minoda)        5,521,766          May  28, 1996              
          (effectively filed Apr. 02,                                                 
          1992)                                                                       
          The following rejections are set forth in the                               
          examiner’s answer:                                                          
          1. Claims 1-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,                        
          first paragraph, as containing subject matter which was not                 
          described in the originally filed specification.                            
          2. Claims 1-4, 10 and 12 stand rejected under 35                            
          U.S.C.                                                                      
          § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Fukami and                
          Minoda.                                                                     
          3. Claims 5-7 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                         
          § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Fukami,                   
          Minoda and Enoki.                                                           
          4. Claims 8, 9 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                        

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