Ex parte JE-CHANG et al. - Page 9

          Appeal No. 1998-1339                                                         
          Application 08/024,305                                                       

          invention is material and must be accounted for by the                       
          examiner in a rejection based on prior art.                                  
               For all of the foregoing reasons, we reverse the                        
          rejection of claims 1, 2, 4, 5, and 8-17.                                    
                                      Conclusion                                       
               The rejection of claims 1, 2, 4, 5, and 8-17 under 35                   
          U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Gharavi is reversed.                 


                                       REVERSED                                        




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