Appeal No. 2000-1663
Application No. 08/691,663
exemplary claims 1 and 11 which appear in the appendix to the
brief.
The prior art
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Tatematsu et al. (Tatematsu) 5,579,443 Nov. 26, 1996
(filed Mar. 3, 1995)
Tang et al. (Tang) 5,701,232 Dec. 23, 1997
(filed Aug. 29, 1996)
Simms et al. (Simms) 5,808,564 Sep. 15, 1998
(filed May 28, 1996)
The rejections
Claims 1, 4, 10 and 17 through 21 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Tatematsu in view of
Simms.
Claims 5, 11 through 16 and 22 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Tatematsu and Simms as
applied to claims 1, 4, 10 and 17 through 21 and further in view
of Tang.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 16) for
2
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