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          Appeal No. 1996-3262                                                        
          Application No. 08/141,632                                                  

                                     CONCLUSION                                       
               We have sustained the rejection of claims 16 and 17 under              
          35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Bohrer et al, and the                  
          rejection of claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable            
          over Nakahata et al when taken with Cole, Olmstead or Miura et              
          al.                                                                         
               We have not sustained the following rejections:                        
               1) The rejection of claims 1-3 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as             
          anticipated by Kimoto et al; and                                            
               2) The rejection of claims 1-3 and 8 under 35 U.S.C.                   
          § 102(b) as anticipated by Nakahata et al; and                              
               3) The rejection of claims 5, 6 and 9-15 under 35 U.S.C.               
          § 103 over Ohta et al when taken with Nakahata et al and Inada              
          et al; and                                                                  
               4) The rejection of claims 2-3 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                
          being unpatentable over Kimoto et al or Nakahata et al when taken           
          with Cole or Olmstead, or Miura et al.                                      






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