Appeal No. 1996-3709
Application 07/980,221
Claim 21
Claim 21 is rejected [answer, page 23] over the same
references as claims 24, 25, 27 and 28. Appellant has not
explicitly responded to this rejection. However, since the
references applied in this rejection are the same as for
claims 24, 25, 27 and 28, Appellant’s arguments regarding
claims 22, 23 and 26, and claims 24, 25, 27 and 28 equally
apply here. The Examiner has correctly proceeded with this
presumption and responded to Appellant’s arguments accordingly
[id. 23]. Nevertheless, we are not persuaded by the
Examiner’s assertions and do not sustain the rejection of
claim 21 over Tsukakoshi in view of Tabuchi and Kando for the
same reasons.
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