Appeal No. 95-4738
Application No. 08/146,868
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a pressure sensor.
Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal and a
copy of claim 1, as it appears in the appellants' brief, is
attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Park 4,425,799 Jan. 17, 1984
Park et al. 4,617,607 Oct. 14, 1986
Bishop 4,888,662 Dec. 19, 1989
Claims 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Bishop.
Claims 5, 7, 9 and 11 through 13 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Bishop in view of Park
and Park et al.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and the appellants regarding the § 103 rejections,
we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 13, mailed
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