Appeal No. 97-0745
Application No. 08/355,886
subject matter before us on appeal is illustrated by reference to
claim 1, which has been reproduced in an appendix to the
appellants’ Brief.
THE REFERENCE
The reference relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection is:
Ahn et al. (Ahn) 4,803,110 Feb. 7, 1989
THE REJECTION
Claims 1 through 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Ahn.
The rejection is explained in the Examiner's Answer.
The opposing viewpoints of the appellants are set forth in
the Brief and the Reply Brief.
OPINION
The examiner has taken the position that the claims are
unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103. We have evaluated this
rejection on the basis of the following guidelines provided by
our reviewing court. The examiner bears the initial burden of
presenting a prima facie case of obviousness (see In re
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