Appeal No. 97-4184
Application No. 08/521,256
Gomez-Acevedo 5,133,112 Jul. 28,
1992
Murasaki 5,361,462 Nov. 8,
1994
(filed Apr. 22, 1993)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1-5, 21 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Gomez-Acevedo in view of
Murasaki.
Claim 22 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Gomez-Acevedo in view of Murasaki and either
Aeschbach or Noel.
The rejections are explained in the Examiner's Answer.2
The opposing viewpoints of the appellant are set forth in
the Brief and the Reply Brief.
OPINION
At the outset, pursuant to our authority under 37 C.F.R.
§ 1.196(b), we make the following new rejection:
2A rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, was
withdrawn in Paper No. 21.
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