Appeal No. 1998-3271 Application No. 08/563,156 and 24 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) over Landis are reversed. The rejections of claim 3 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Kasamatsu, claim 4 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Kasamatsu in view of Chino, claims 5-11 and 18-25 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) over Watanabe, claims 5-8, 12, 18-20, 26 and 27 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) over Columbus, and claims 21, 22, 25 and 28 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Landis, are affirmed. AFFIRMED-IN-PART and REMANDED CHUNG K. PAK ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT CHARLES F. WARREN ) APPEALS AND Administrative Patent Judge ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) TERRY J. OWENS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) tjo/vsh 17Page: Previous 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007