Appeal No. 1998-1441
Application No. 08/294,779
Claims 3, 4, 13-17, 21-24, 26-28, 38, 47, 48, 52, 55, 58, 59, 61, and 62 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Samuelson, Masaki, Kubota,
Tsukada, and Winsor.
Claims 5, 11, 12, 34-37, 39-42, 51, 60, and 79 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Samuelson, Masaki, Kubota, Tsukada, Winsor, and
Moddel.
Claims 30-33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Samuelson, Masaki, Kubota, Tsukada, Winsor, and Shibata.
Claim 80 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Samuelson, Masaki, Kubota, Tsukada, Winsor, and Kaneko.
Claims 3-5, 11-17, 21-24, 26-28, 30-42, 47, 48, 51, 52, 55, 58-62, 79, and 80 thus
stand rejected.
Claims 53, 54, 63, 64, 66-76, and 78 have been allowed.
Claims 29 and 43-45 have been objected to as containing allowable subject matter
but depending from rejected claims.
Claims 18-20, 49, and 77 have been withdrawn from consideration.
Claims 1, 2, 6-10, 25, 46, 50, 56, 57, and 65 have been canceled.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 33) and the Examiner's Answer (Paper
No. 49) for a statement of the examiner's position and to the Brief (Paper No. 48) for
appellants’ position with respect to the claims which stand rejected.
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