Appeal No. 96-3374
Application No. 08/115,974
Claims 1 through 3, 5 through 7, 9 and 12 through 16
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Oda in view of Hiraoka and Rao.
Claims 8, 10 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Oda in view of Hiraoka, Rao and
Umeha.
Claims 11, 18 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Oda in view of Hiraoka, Rao, Umeha,
Lehtinen and Lachnit.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the § 103
rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper
No. 12, mailed January 30, 1995) and the examiner's answer
(Paper No. 21, mailed March 4, 1996) for the examiner's
complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the
appellants' brief (Paper No. 20, filed December 28, 1995) and
reply brief (Paper No. 22, filed April 8, 1996) for the
appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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