Ex parte MITSUHASHI et al. - Page 11




            Appeal No. 97-2582                                                                          
            Application 08/484,353                                                                      

            distinction over the prior art.  With regard to that aspect of                              
            the appellants’ claimed invention, Ogawa, as applied by the                                 
            examiner, does not make up for the above-discussed                                          
            deficiencies of Kinoshita and Taguchi.  Accordingly, the                                    
            rejection of claims 8-10 cannot be sustained.                                               
                                             Conclusion                                                 
                  The rejection of claims 7 and 15-18 under 35 U.S.C. § 103                             
            as being unpatentable over Kinoshita and Taguchi is reversed.                               
                  The rejection of claims 8-10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                                 
            being unpatentable over Kinoshita, Taguchi, and Ogawa is                                    
            reversed.                                                                                   
                                               REVERSED                                                 






                  ERROL A. KRASS                     )                                                  
                  Administrative Patent Judge                )                                          
                                                             )                                          
                                                             )                                          
                                                             )   BOARD OF PATENT                        
                  MICHAEL R. FLEMING                 )     APPEALS AND                                  
                  Administrative Patent Judge        )    INTERFERENCES                                 
                                                             )                                          
                                                             )                                          
                                                             )                                          
                  JAMESON LEE                                )                                          
                  Administrative Patent Judge        )                                                  
                                                  11                                                    





Page:  Previous  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007