Appeal No. 2002-0500 Page 4
Application No. 09/258,320
Claims 1, 5-7, 9, 14, 18, 19-20, and 24-26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as obvious the appellants' admitted prior art ("AAPA") and U.S. Patent
No. 5,610462 ("Takahashi"). Claim 8 stands rejected under § 103(a) as obvious over
AAPA, Takahashi, and Japanese Patent Application 05-141,411 ("Suzuki").1
Claims 10, 11, 32, 36, and 37 stand rejected under § 103(a) as obvious over AAPA;
Takahashi; and U.S. Patent No. 5,357,163 ("Minakuchi"). Claim 15 stands rejected
under § 103(a) as obvious over AAPA; Takahashi; and U.S. Patent No. 5,940,268
("Miyahara"). Claims 16, 17, and 38 stand rejected under § 103(a) as obvious over
AAPA; Takahashi; and Japanese Patent Application 09-037,516 ("Mitsuyasu").2
Claim 33 stands rejected under § 103(a) as obvious over AAPA, Takahashi, Minakuchi,
and Miyahara. Claims 34, 35, and 39 stand rejected under § 103(a) as obvious over
AAPA, Takahashi, Minakuchi, and Mitsuyasu.
OPINION
Our opinion addresses the claims in the following order:
• claims 1, 10, 14, 15, 18, 19, 32, 33, 36, and 37
• claims 5-7, 9, 11, 20, 24, 25, and 26
• claim 8
• claims 16, 17, 34, 35, 38, and 39.
1A copy of a translation is attached; we will refer to it by page number.
2A copy of a translation is attached; we will refer to it by page number.
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