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                  Appeal No. 1998-1480                                                                                                                    
                  Application No. 08/741,277                                                                                                              


                  making insulating layer (44) a bilayered insulator comprising both a diamond-like carbon and an oxide                                   

                  material, as required by the instant claims.                                                                                            





                           Accordingly, the examiner’s decision rejecting claims 16, 18, 19, 21, 23 and 24 under 35                                       

                  U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                                                                                               



                                                                     REVERSED                                                                             







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