Ex Parte MISSO et al - Page 8



          Appeal No. 2002-1336                                                        
          Application No. 09/259,062                                                  

               The Rahimi and Aruga references additionally applied in the            
          obviousness rejection of claims 4, 6, 9, 13, 15, 18, 19, 21,                
          23 and 24, and the Mizoshita reference additionally applied in              
          the rejection of claims 22 and 25 have been carefully considered.           
          These references do not make up for the deficiencies of Reinhart            
          discussed above.  Accordingly, we also shall not sustain the                
          standing rejections of these claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                  
               The decision of the examiner is reversed.                              

                                      REVERSED                                        



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