Ex parte SHIMIZU et al. - Page 9

          Appeal No. 1998-0542                                       Page 9           
          Application No. 08/479,843                                                  


                                     CONCLUSION                                       
               The decision of the examiner to reject claims 1-6 and 11-              
          19 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kobayashi               
          and optionally Otomo is reversed.                                           


                                      REVERSED                                        




                         TERRY J. OWENS                )                              
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                         Administrative Patent Judge   )       AND                    
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                         JEFFREY T. SMITH              )                              
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