Ex Parte TAKEUCHI - Page 10



         Appeal No. 2004-1908                                                       
         Application No. 09/176,374                                Page 10          

                                     CONCLUSION                                     
              The decision of the examiner to reject claims 5, 6, 8, 9 and          
         16-18 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph as being indefinite          
         for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the             
         subject matter which applicant regards as invention; and to                
         reject claims 1-19 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable          
         over Machida in view of Takeuchi is reversed.                              
                                      REVERSED                                      


                        CHUNG K. PAK                  )                             
                        Administrative Patent Judge   )                             
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                                                      ) BOARD OF PATENT             
                        PETER F. KRATZ                )     APPEALS                 
                        Administrative Patent Judge   )       AND                   
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                        BEVERLY A. PAWLIKOWSKI        )                             
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