Ex Parte Honma et al - Page 3



             Appeal No. 2006-3405                                                                                
             Application No. 10/631,858                                                                          

             Hwang et al. (Hwang)             US 6,323,132 B1            Nov. 27, 2001                           
             Nakamura                        US 6,783,998 B2            Aug. 31, 2004                           
             Furukawa1                       JP 11-068057               Mar.   9, 1999                          
                   We refer to the Final Rejection (mailed Jun. 13, 2005) and the Examiner’s                     
             Answer (mailed May 9, 2006) for a statement of the examiner’s position and to the                   
             (substitute) Brief (filed Aug. 10, 2006) and the Reply Brief (filed Jul. 7, 2006) for               
             appellants’ position with respect to the claims which stand rejected.                               














                                                                                                                 
                   1 With English language abstract and computer-generated English translation                   
             of entire document.                                                                                 


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