Appeal No. 1998-0338
Application No. 08/350,865
electrically coupled to said first metal plate and said
second metal plate.
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Nishimoto 5,289,036 Feb. 22, 1994
Brugge 5,412,250 May 2, 1995 (filed Sep.
24, 1993)
Appellant’s Admitted Prior Art, Figure 2 (APA)
Claims 12 through 14 and 16 through 18 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by APA.
Claims 1 through 4, 6 through 8, 10, 19 and 22 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over APA
in view of Nishimoto.
Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over APA and Nishimoto and further in view of
Brugge.
Claim 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over APA in view of Nishimoto.
Claims 20 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over APA in view of Nishimoto.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellant or the
Examiner, we make reference to the brief, reply brief, answer
and supplemental answer for the details thereof.
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