Appeal No. 1997-2515
Application No. 08/221,767
Claims 1, 21 and 26-29 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over
Simonet.
Claims 1, 5, 6, 21, 24 and 26-29 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
obvious over Smith in view of Simonet and Mukaida.
Claims 1, 5, 7, 21, 23 and 25-29 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
obvious over Smith in view of Simonet and Finch.
Claims 1, 5, 8, 21, 23 and 26-29 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
obvious over Smith in view of Simonet and Matsushima.
We reverse.
Finch et al. and Gordon; the rejection of claims 1-3, 5, 8, 10-14, 17, 21-23 and 26-
29 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Smith et al. in view of Chow et al.,
Matsushima et al. and Gordon et al.; and the rejection of claim 10-18 under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
obvious over Schmid et al.
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