Ex Parte SANDHU et al - Page 3




          Appeal No. 2001-1697                                       Page 3           
          Application No. 09/059,718                                                  


          (published Japanese Kokai Patent Application)                               
          Kakoschke et al. (Kakoschke)2      DE 43 33 160   Mar. 30, 1995             
          (German Offenlegungsschrift)                                                

               Claims 41, 43, 44, 48, 50 and 51 stand rejected under                  
          35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Yamasaki in view of           
          Fujishiro.  Claims 41, 43, 44, 48, 50 and 51 stand rejected under           
          35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Kakoschke in view             
          of Fujishiro.                                                               
               We refer to the brief and reply brief and to the answer for            
          a complete exposition of the opposing viewpoints expressed by               
          appellants and the examiner concerning the issues before us in              
          this appeal.                                                                
                                       OPINION                                        
               We have carefully reviewed the entire record, including all            
          of the arguments and evidence advanced by both the examiner and             
          the appellants in support of their respective positions.  This              
          review leads us to conclude that the examiner’s rejections are              
          not well founded.  Accordingly, we reverse all of the                       

          in a CA abstract.  However, all references to Yamasaki in this              
          decision are to the English language translation thereof of                 
          record.                                                                     
               2 Our reference to Kakoschke in this decision is to the                
          English translation of the Offenlegungsschrift that is present in           
          the application file.                                                       







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