Ex Parte SHEN et al - Page 3




          Appeal No. 2004-0170                                                        
          Application No. 09/288,450                                                  

          Poloni (Poloni ‘033)          618,033             Oct. 5, 1994              
          European Patent Document                                                    
          Poloni (Poloni ‘291)          655,291             May  31, 1995             
          European Patent Document                                                    

                                   THE REJECTIONS                                     
               Claims 1, 5 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,               
          second paragraph, as failing to particularly point out and                  
          distinctly claim the subject matter the appellants regard as the            
          invention.                                                                  
               Claims 1 through 5, 11, 15 and 16 stand rejected under 35              
          U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Poloni ‘033 in view of           
          Obinata or Omori.                                                           
               Claims 1 through 5, 11, 15 and 16 stand rejected under 35              
          U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Poloni ‘291 in view of           
          Obinata or Omori.                                                           
               Attention is directed to the main and reply briefs (Paper              
          Nos. 26 and 28) and to the answer (Paper No. 27) for the                    
          respective positions of the appellants and the examiner regarding           
          the merits of these rejections.                                             








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