Appeal No. 1998-2591 Page 11 Application No. 08/636,304 CONCLUSION In summary, the rejection of claims 1-3, 10-16, and 18-21 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over Takayama in view of Hasegawa is reversed. The rejection of claims 4-9 and 17 under § 103(a) as obvious over Takayama in view of Hasegawa further in view of Heitmann is also reversed. REVERSED LEE E. BARRETT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT JOSEPH F. RUGGIERO ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) LANCE LEONARD BARRY ) Administrative Patent Judge )Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007