Appeal No. 96-3968
Application No. 08/117,669
Claims 3, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 21 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Nakamura in view of
Hageman.
Claim 12 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Nakamura in view of Hageman and Jones.2
Claims 1, 2, 9 and 22 through 26 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Gergely in view of
Hageman.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and the appellant regarding the §§ 102 (b) and 103
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer for the
examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and
to the appellant's brief (Paper No. 13, filed April 6, 1995) for
the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
2We note that the final rejection (Paper No. 7, mailed
August 22, 1994) set forth this ground of rejection against claim
12. However, the examiner's answer (Paper No. 14, mailed June
26, 1995) did not contain this ground of rejection.
Nevertheless, since the examiner's answer did not withdraw this
ground of rejection, we consider this rejection of claim 12
before us in this appeal.
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