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          Appeal No. 2003-1525                                                        
          Application 09/462,876                                                      


                                      DECISION                                        
               The rejections of claims 1 and 4-8 under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102(b)           
          and 103 over Suzuki or JP ‘068 are reversed.  The rejection of              
          claims 9 and 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Kawasaki in view of              
          Suzuki is affirmed.                                                         
               No time period for taking any subsequent action in                     
          connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR                    
          § 1.136(a).                                                                 
                                  AFFIRMED-IN-PART                                    






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