Appeal No. 2007-0917 Page 2
Application No. 10/012,919
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Akasu et al. (Akasu) 4,911,846 Mar. 27, 1990
Fukasawa et al. (Fukasawa) 4,971,836 Nov. 20, 1990
Tu et al. (Tu) 5,024,671 Jun. 18, 1991
Trescony et al. (Trescony) 5,653,745 Aug. 5, 1997
Golds et al. (Golds) 6,001,125 Dec. 14, 1999
Ishiwari et al. (Ishiwari) EP 0 351 584 Jan. 24, 1990
GROUNDS OF REJECTION
Claims 23, 25, 26, 36, and 38-40 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as anticipated by Ishiwari.
Claims 23, 25, 26, 36, and 38-40 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the combination of Ishiwari and any one of Tu, Akasu or
Fukasawa.
Claims 23 and 25-40 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the combination of Trescony, Golds and Ishiwari.
We affirm.
CLAIM GROUPING
Appellants do not separately group or argue their claims. Accordingly, the
claims will stand or fall together. Since all claims stand or fall together, we limit
our discussion to representative independent claim 23. Claims 25-40 will stand
or fall together with claim 23. 37 CFR § 41.37(c)(1)(vii) (July 2005).
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