Ex parte KOJIMA et al. - Page 5




                 Appeal No. 1999-2248                                                                                                                   
                 Application No. 08/960,255                                                                                                             


                 Examiner, reference is made to the Brief,  Reply Brief,                   2                       3                                    
                 Examiner's Answer,  and letter  for the respective details4                   5                                                                                 
                 thereof.                                                                                                                               
                                                                     OPINION                                                                            
                          After careful review of the evidence before us, we will                                                                       
                 not sustain the rejection of claims 1, 2 and 7 under 35 U.S.C.                                                                         
                 § 102(b) as anticipated by Appellants' admitted prior art                                                                              
                 figures 13-21, or the rejection of claims 3-6 and 8-9 under 35                                                                         
                 U.S.C.                                                                                                                                 
                 § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Appellants' admitted prior                                                                         
                 art figures 13-21.                                                                                                                     
                          A.  Rejection of Claims 1, 2 and 7 under 35 U.S.C. §                                                                          
                 102(b) as anticipated by Appellants' admitted prior art                                                                                
                 figures 13-21.                                                                                                                         
                          We will not sustain the rejection of claims 1, 2 and 7                                                                        

                          2The Brief was received May 10, 1999.                                                                                         
                          3The Reply Brief was received July 28, 1999.                                                                                  
                          4The Examiner's Answer was mailed June 4, 1999.                                                                               
                          5The Examiner mailed a letter on August 16, 1999, stating                                                                     
                 that Appellants' Reply Brief had been entered and considered                                                                           
                 but no further response by the Examiner was deemed necessary.                                                                          

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