Ex Parte SATOH et al - Page 3



          Appeal No. 2000-0337                                                        
          Application No. 08/825,449                                 Page 3           

               Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by           
          the examiner and appellants regarding the above-noted rejection,            
          we make reference to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 16, mailed            
          June 22, 1999) for the examiner’s complete reasoning in support             
          of the rejection, and to appellants’ brief (Paper No. 15, filed             
          June 7, 1999) and reply brief (Paper No. 17, filed August 2,                
          1999) 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, the rejection advanced             
          by the examiner, and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by             
          the examiner as support for the rejection.  We have, likewise,              
          reviewed and taken into consideration, in reaching our decision,            
          appellants’ arguments set forth in the briefs along with the                
          examiner’s rationale in support of the rejection and arguments in           
          rebuttal set forth in the examiner’s answer.                                







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