Appeal No. 2003-1280 3
Application No. 09/476,633
THE REFERENCES OF RECORD
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the following references:
Kishii et al. (Kishii) 6,159,858 Dec. 12, 2000
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 23 through 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as
containing subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as
to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventors, at the time the
application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention.1
Claims 1 through 4, 7, 9 through 12, 15, 18, 19 and 26 through 28 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. §102(e) as being anticipated by Kishii.2
Claims 6, 8, 13, 14, 17 and 20 through 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as
being unpatentable over Kishii.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments advanced by the appellants and
the examiner and agree with the examiner that the rejection of the claims under §§§ 102(e),
103(a) and 112, first paragraph are well founded. Accordingly, we affirm each of the
rejections for the reasons in the Answer and as discussed herein.
1The rejection of claim 26 is no longer maintained by the examiner. See Answer, page 4.
2Although claim 5 is included in the statement of the rejection, claim 5 was canceled by an
amendment received October 10, 2000.
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