Appeal No. 1999-2023 Application No. 08/556,119 also do not sustain the obviousness rejection of independent claims 1 and 15 and dependent claims 2-7, 9-14, and 16-24 over Sato, Steir and Hayashi. Accordingly, the decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1-24 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. REVERSED Parshotam S. Lall ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) Lance Leonard Barry ) BOARD OF PATENT Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) Stuart S. Levy ) Administrative Patent Judge ) PSL:tdl 9Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007