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. 9Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007