Appeal No. 95-4526
Application 08/200,251
The references of record relied upon by the examiner in
support of rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:2
Nishino 4,676,786 Jun. 30,
1987
Matthews et al. (Matthews) 4,397,644 Aug. 9,
1983
Sukiennik et al. (Sukiennik) 4,908,026 Mar.
13, 1990
Sneyd Jr. et al. 2,180,162 Mar. 25,
1987
(British Patent Document)
Nosaki 3 122,727 Aug. 21,
1989
(Japanese Patent Document)
The following rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are before
us for review:
(a) claims 1-10, 25, 26, 28-30, 37, 38, 42-48, 52-56 and
2We have not included the Mattingly patent listed on
page 5 of the answer since the claims against which this
reference was cited in the final rejection have now been
allowed by the examiner.
3 Our understanding of this Japanese language reference
is derived from a translation, of record in the application.
A copy of said translation is appended to this opinion.
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