Ex Parte IKUTA et al - Page 3




          Appeal No. 2000-1515                                       Page 3           
          Application No. 08/687,195                                                  


               Fujisawa et al. (“Fujisawa”) 5,729,618       Mar. 17, 1998             
                                                  (filed Mar. 17, 1995)               
               Suzuki et al. (“Suzuki”)      4,894,779      Jan. 16, 1990             

               Morgan et al. (“Morgan”)      5,689,724      Nov. 18, 1997             
                                                  (filed Oct. 11, 1995).              
          Claims 1, 4, 9, 10, 15, 17, 21, 22 and 26 stand rejected under 35           
          U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over Adachi in view of Fujisawa.                 
          Claims 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 27, 28 and 29 stand rejected under              
          § 103(a) as obvious over Adachi in view of Fujisawa further in              
          view of Suzuki.  Claims 16, 18, and 23 stand rejected under                 
          § 103(a) as obvious over Adachi in view of Fujisawa further in              
          view of Morgan.                                                             


                                       OPINION                                        
               After considering the record, we are persuaded that the                
          examiner did not err in rejecting claims 1, 4, 6-10, 12-18, 21-23           
          and 26-29.  Accordingly, we affirm.                                         


               Rather than reiterate the positions of the examiner or                 
          appellants in toto, we address the two points of contention                 
          therebetween.  First, the examiner asserts, "[i]t would have been           
          obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the              








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