Appeal No. 2000-0887 Page 4
Application No. 08/848,238
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Shaheen in view of Yamada.
Claim 31 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over Shaheen in view of Yamada and further in
view of Sakurai.
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. 21, mailed November 23, 1999) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellants'
brief (Paper No. 20, filed October 5, 1999) and reply brief
(Paper No. 22, filed January 24, 2000) 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
briefs 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
rejections advanced by the examiner, and the evidence of
obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support for the
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