Appeal No. 1997-3166
Application No. 08/509,638
Claims 15, 16, 18, and 21-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by
Oldham.
Claim 17 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Oldham and
Kayama.
Claim 19 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Oldham and Plus.
Claim 20 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Oldham and
Ikeda.
Claims 25-27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Nagayoshi.
Claim 28 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Nagayoshi and
Plus.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 13) and the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 21) for
a statement of the examiner's position and to the Brief (Paper No. 19) and the Reply Brief (Paper No.
22) for appellants’ position.
OPINION
Claims 15, 16, 18, and 21-24
The examiner has rejected Claims 15, 16, 18, and 21-24 as being anticipated by Oldham.
The examiner points to Figure 5 of Oldham, and text in columns 2 and 3, as the most pertinent portions
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