Appeal No. 1999-2450 Page 4
Application No. 08/812,222
Tanamachi 5,523,770 June
4, 1996
(filed Mar. 27, 1995)
Kitajima et al. (Kitajima) 5,091,722 Feb. 25,
1992.
Claims 1-4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
[“§ 103(a)”] as being obvious over Tanamachi and as being
obvious over Buzak in view of Kitajima. Rather than reiterate
the arguments of the appellant or examiner in toto, we refer
the reader to the briefs and answer for the respective details
thereof.
OPINION
After considering the record, we are persuaded that the
examiner erred in rejecting claims 1-4 as being obvious over
Tanamachi and in rejecting claims 2 and 4 as being obvious
over Buzak in view of Kitajima. We are not persuaded,
however, that he erred in rejecting claims 1 and 3 as being
obvious over Buzak in view of Kitajima. Accordingly, we
affirm-in-part. We begin by noting that the references
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