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          Appeal No. 2004-0459                                                        
          Serial No. 09/652,997                                                       
                                       DECISION                                       
               The rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 of claims 1 and 2 over            
          O’Brien in view of Honda, Kuan, Harrington and Case, claims 3, 4,           
          14 and 15 over O’Brien in view of Honda, Kuan, Harrington, Case,            
          Jenne, Bell and Voelkel, claims 16-19 over O’Brien in view of               
          Honda, Kuan, Harrington, Case, Jenne, Bell, Voelkel and Hirakawa,           
          and claim 20 over O’Brien in view of Honda, Kuan, Harrington,               
          Case, Yi Su and Hirakawa, are affirmed.  The rejection under                
          35 U.S.C. § 103 of claims 5 and 6 over Nakamura in view of Honda,           
          Kuan, Harrington and Case is reversed.                                      
                                   AFFIRMED-IN-PART                                   


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