Ex parte FUJIMOTO et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1999-2572                                                        
          Application 08/419,678                                                      


          respect to claims 8 and 9, and adds Hirano to the basic                     
          combination with respect to claims 10 and 11.                               


          Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the                       
          examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for                
          the respective details thereof.                                             
          OPINION                                                                     
          We have carefully considered the subject matter on                          
          appeal, the rejections advanced by the examiner and the                     
          evidence of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support              
          for the rejections.  We have, likewise, reviewed and taken                  
          into consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellants’               
          arguments set forth in the briefs along with the examiner’s                 
          rationale in support of the rejections and arguments in                     
          rebuttal set forth in the examiner’s answer.                                
          It is our view, after consideration of the record                           
          before us, that the evidence relied upon and the level of                   
          skill in the particular art would not have suggested to one of              
          ordinary skill in the art the obviousness of the invention as               
          set forth in claims 1-11.  Accordingly, we reverse.                         
          Despite the several rejections noted above, appellants                      
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