Appeal No. 96-3202
Application No. 08/183,464
Claim 11 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Oda, Shiraya, Rao, Tanaka, Buente and Allor.
Claim 13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Oda, Shiraya, Rao, Tanaka and Melling.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the § 112 and §
103 rejections, we make reference to the final rejection
(Paper No. 11, mailed January 6, 1995) and the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 20, mailed March 4, 1996) for the examiner's
complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the
appellants' brief (Paper No. 19, filed December 4, 1995) and
reply brief (Paper No. 21, filed April 8, 1996) for the
appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellants' specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the
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