Appeal No. 1997-1197
Application 08/130,255
The Examiner relies on the following prior art
references:
Fujisawa et al. (Fujisawa) 4,926,166 May 15, 1990
Kajihara 4,929,085 May 29, 1990
Okazawa et al. (Okazawa) 5,034,733 July 23, 1991
Claims 1, 2, 9-12, and 15-17 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Kajihara.
Claims 7, 8, 13, 14, 18, and 19 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kajihara and
Okazawa.
Claims 3, 4, and 22-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Kajihara and Fujisawa.
Claims 25 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Kajihara, Fujisawa, and Okazawa.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 6) (pages
referred to as "FR__"), the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 12)
(pages referred to as "EA__"), and the communication entered2
September 13, 1996 (Paper No. 15) for a statement of the
Examiner's position and to the Appeal Brief (Paper No. 11)
(pages referred to as "Br__") and the Reply Brief (Paper
Which should be in the form of a "Supplemental2
Examiner's Answer."
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