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          Appeal No. 1998-0878                                                        
          Application No. 08/322,749                                                  


          rejection of any of these claims for the same reasons                       
          discussed above.                                                            
          We now consider the rejection of claims 6, 7, 16 and 17                     
          based on the teachings of Suwa in view of Hosio and Katoh.                  
          Independent claims 6 and 16 contain language similar to the                 
          language of claim 10 considered above.  Since Katoh does not                
          remove the deficiencies of the proposed combination of Suwa                 
          and Hosio discussed above, we do not sustain the rejection of               
          any of these claims.                                                        
          Finally, we consider the rejection of claims 22 and 23                      
          based on the teachings of Suwa in view of Hosio and Yamauchi.               
          These claims depend from claim 10.  Since Yamauchi does not                 
          remove the deficiencies of the proposed combination of Suwa                 
          and Hosio discussed above, we do not sustain the rejection of               
          either of these claims.                                                     











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