`Amendment
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`Responsive to Office Action dated October 20, 2010
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`HPTA—5575
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`Pending Claims
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`REMARKS
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`Claims 1—7 and 9—18 are pending in this application. Claims 1, 10 and 15 have been
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`amended. Claim 8 has been canceled Without prejudice or disclaimer. No new claims have been
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`added.
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`Claim Objections
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`Claim 15 has been amended to overcome the objection. Accordingly, the objection
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`should be Withdrawn.
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`Claim Rejections Under 35 U.S.C. §103
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`Claims 1, 5—7, 9 and 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentab1e over
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`Ishiyama, U.S. Patent Publication No. 2002/0113781,
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`in View of Shiba et a1, U.S. Patent
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`Publication No. 2004/025 8866.
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`Claims 2—4 and 11—14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentab1e over
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`Ishiyama ‘781,
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`in View of Shiba ‘866, and Kitagawa, U.S. Patent No. 5,844,539.
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`Claims 15, 16 and 18 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentab1e over
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`Ishiyama ‘781,
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`in View of Akimoto, U.S. Patent Publication No. 2002/0000970.
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`Claim 17 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentab1e over Ishiyama ‘781,
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`in View of Akimoto ‘970 and Kitagawa ‘539.
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`Applicants request reconsideration of the rejections in View of the foregoing amendments
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`and for the following reasons.
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