Ex Parte HAMALAINEN et al - Page 10

                    Appeal No. 2002-1114                                                                                                                                  
                    Application No. 09/154,100                                                                                                                            


                    lower priority."  Furthermore, we fail to find that Fukasawa or                                                                                       
                    Takebe teaches this limitation as well.                                                                                                               
                              In view of the foregoing, we have sustained the Examiner's                                                                                  
                    rejection of claim 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and we have not                                                                                            
                    sustained Examiner's rejection of claims 1-3 and 6 under                                                                                              
                    35 U.S.C. § 103.                                                                                                                                      
                              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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