Appeal 2007-0949 Application 10/081,312 The Examiner’s rejection of claims 14 and 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Toyoda in view of Ohashi, Itoh, Tomita, Morton, and Kawamata is AFFIRMED. The Examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 3-6, 10, 11, 18, and 19 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Tomita in view of Morton is AFFIRMED. The Examiner’s rejection of claim 2 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Tomita in view of Morton and Itoh is AFFIRMED. The Examiner’s rejection of claim 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Tomita in view of Morton, Itoh, and Ohmi is AFFIRMED. The decision of the Examiner is affirmed. No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 C.F.R. § 1.136(a)(1)(iv). AFFIRMED clj Applied Materials, Inc. P.O. Box 450A Santa Clara, CA 95052 17Page: Previous 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
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