Appeal No. 97-3717 Page 4
Application No. 08/397,163
Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Hunt.2
Claims 9, 10 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 1033
as being unpatentable over Terakado in view of Kamiya.
Claims 12 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Terakado in view of Kamiya and Morini.
Claim 14 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Terakado in view of Kamiya and Mesenich.
Claim 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Terakado in view of Kamiya and Longsworth.
2The rejection of claim 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) made
in the final rejection was apparently withdrawn by the
examiner since the answer does not include claim 12 in this
rejection.
3We note that claim 13 depends from claim 12. Claim 12
was not included in this § 103 rejection, but was included in
another § 103 rejection. Since the appellant has not argued
these claims separately from their independent claim 9, we
need not resolve this discrepancy.
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