Appeal No. 97-1544
Application 08/358,976
Claims 1, 2, 5 through 7, 12, 13, 20 through 23 and 28
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated
by Matsui.
Claims 24 and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Matsui.
Claims 26 and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Matsui in view of Koenig.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of
the above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and appellant regarding those
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 49, mailed August 1, 1996) for the examiner's reasoning in
support of the rejec-tions, and to appellant's brief (Paper
No. 48, filed May 15, 1996) and reply brief (Paper No. 50,
filed October 2, 1996) for appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellant's specification and claims,
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