Appeal No. 95-3592
Application 08/109,203
Claims 1 through 4, 6 through 10, 17 through 19 and
21 through 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being
anticipated by Shirato or in the alternative under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Shirato.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants or
the Examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the 2
answers for the respective details thereof.3
2Appellants filed an appeal brief on August 29, 1994. We
will refer to this appeal brief as simply the brief.
Appellants filed a reply appeal brief on October 24, 1994. We
will refer to this reply appeal brief as the reply brief. The
Examiner responded to the reply brief in a supplemental
Examiner's answer, mailed January 9, 1995, thereby entering
the reply brief. Appellants filed a supplemental reply appeal
brief on March 13, 1995. We will refer to this supplemental
reply appeal brief as the supplemental reply brief. The
Examiner stated in the Examiner’s letter dated June 2, 1995
that the reply brief has
been entered and considered but no further response by the
Examiner is deemed necessary.
3The Examiner responded to the brief with an Examiner's
answer, mailed September 19, 1994. We will refer to the
Examiner's answer as simply the answer. The Examiner
responded to the reply brief with a supplemental Examiner's
answer mailed January 9, 1995. We will refer to the
Supplemental Examiner's answer as simply the supplemental
answer.
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