Appeal No. 96-4202
Application 08/033,181
Takahashi et al. 4,688,116 Aug. 18, 1987
(Takahashi '116)
Takahashi et al. RE 33,765 Dec. 10, 1991
(Takahashi '765)
Sako 5,325,347 Jun. 28, 1994
(filed Sep. 19, 1991)
Claims 1, 3, 5 through 7, 9 and 10 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. 103 as unpatentable over Takahashi '765. Claims 1, 32
through 7, 9 and 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as
unpatentable over Sako in view of Takahashi '116.
Reference is made to the briefs and answers for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
At the outset, we note that new grounds of rejection,
introduced in the answer, under 35 U.S.C. 112, first and second
paragraphs, have been withdrawn by the examiner in the
supplemental answer responsive to entry of the amendment
submitted with the reply brief, such entry being mandated by the
grant of a petition filed by appellant on February 12, 1996.
Accordingly, rejections under 35 U.S.C. 112 are not before us on
this appeal.
After careful consideration of the record before us,
including, inter alia, the applied references and the arguments
The examiner does not include claim 4 in this rejection.2
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