Appeal No. 2003-1892
Application No. 09/681,288
Izu et al. (Izu) 4,332,880 Jun. 1, 1982
Barzynski 4,523,208 Jun. 11, 1985
Shinkai et al. (Shinkai) 5,368,988 Nov. 29, 1984
Nishida et al. (Nishida) 5,753,412 May 19, 1998
Rollhaus et al. (Rollhaus) 6,011,772 Jan. 4, 2000
Takagishi et al. (Takagishi) 6,168,844 Jan. 2, 2001
(Filed Aug. 3, 1998)
Lawandy et al. (Lawandy) 6,338,933 Jan. 15, 2002
(Filed Jun. 24, 1999)
Enmanji et al (Enmanji) JP 60-213938 Oct. 26, 1985
(Published Japanese patent application)
The Examiner rejected claims 1 to 9, 20 to 23 and 26 to 29 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as unpatentable over the combination of Rollhaus and either one of
Nishida, Shinkai or Takagishi; claims 1 to 9, 11 to 14, 20 to 23, 26 to 29, 31 and 32
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the over the combination of
Rollhaus, Lawandy and either one of Nishida, Shinkai or Takagishi; claims 1 to 23
and 26 to 32 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the over the
combination of Rollhaus, Lawandy and either one of Nishida, Shinkai or Takagishi,
further combined with Enmanji and Barzynski; and claims 1 to 23 and 26 to 32
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