Ex parte UEKUSA - Page 8




                  Appeal No. 1999-2307                                                                                                                    
                  Application No. 08/711,074                                                                                                              

                           Turning to the rejection of claims 3 and 16 as being unpatentable over Kazami in                                               
                  view of Yoshida and Itoh, we note that Itoh does not provide the missing piece of                                                       
                  evidence which shows why one of ordinary skill in the art would only have modified one of                                               
                  Kazami’s information signals.  Therefore, we reverse the Examiner’s rejection of claims 3                                               
                  and 16 for the same reasons as above.                                                                                                   


                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              




                                             MICHAEL R. FLEMING                                    )                                                      
                                             Administrative Patent Judge                           )                                                      
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                                             PARSHOTAM S. LALL                                     )     APPEALS                                          
                                             Administrative Patent Judge                           )       AND                                            
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                                             LANCE LEONARD BARRY                                   )                                                      
                                             Administrative Patent Judge                           )                                                      

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