Appeal No. 1998-1231 Page 3
Application No. 08/729,835
Claims 1-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Yoshida.
Claims 6-11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Yoshida.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the examiner’s answer (Paper
No. 19, mailed November 19, 1997) for the examiner’s complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellants’
brief (Paper No. 18, filed October 14, 1997) for appellants’
arguments thereagainst. Only those arguments actually made by
appellants have been considered in this decision. Arguments
which appellants could have made but chose not to make in the
brief have not been considered. See 37 CFR § 1.192(a).
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have
carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, and the
rejections advanced by the examiner. We have, likewise,
reviewed and taken into consideration, in reaching our
decision, appellants’ arguments set forth in the brief along
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