Appeal 2007-0125
Application 10/447,227
II. PRIOR ART
As evidence of unpatentability of the claimed subject matter, the
Examiner relies upon the following references:
Ueoka US 4,956,493 Sep. 11, 1990
Aichinger WO 99/20595 Apr. 29, 19991
Mitsumoto US 2001/0016668 A1 Aug. 23, 2001
Schroder DE 102 11 273 A1 Mar. 6, 20032
Yada US 2004/0260122 A1 Dec. 23, 2004
III. REJECTION
The Examiner has rejected the claims on appeal as follows:
1) Claims 1 through 5 and 7 through 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as anticipated by the disclosure of Aichinger as explained by Ueoka;
2) Claim 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the
combined disclosures of Aichinger (as explained by Ueoka) and Yada;
3) Claims 15 through 18 and 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Aichinger (as explained by
Ueoka) and Schroeder; and
1 The Examiner has relied on US 6,568,406 B2 (Aichinger) published on
May 27, 2003, as corresponding to WO 99/20595 relied on in the statements
of the rejections set forth in the Answer (Answer 3). Our reference to
Aichinger in this decision is to US 6,568,406 B2.
2 The Examiner has relied on US 2005/0115590 A1(Schroeder) published
on June 2, 2005 as corresponding to DE 102 11 273 A1 relied on in the
statement of the rejection set forth at page 7 of the Answer. Any reference
to Schroder in this decision is to the corresponding published U.S. patent
application, namely US 2005/0115590 A1.
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