Ex Parte MCNEIL - Page 2



          Appeal No. 1999-0233                                                        
          Application No. 08/787,893                                                  

          from a reading of exemplary claim 2, a copy of which appears in             
          the APPENDIX to the main brief (Paper No. 25).                              

               As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the               
          document specified below:                                                   

          Matsumoto et al          5,390,599           Feb. 21, 1995                  
          (Matsumoto)                                                                 

               The following rejection is before us for review.                       

               Claims 2 through 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as             
          being unpatentable over Matsumoto.                                          

               The full text of the examiner’s rejection and response to              
          the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer (Paper            
          No. 26), while the complete statement of appellant’s argument can           
          be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 25, 28, and               
          35).                                                                        




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