Appeal No. 96-0760
Application No. 08/051,210
cell to a photodetector, appellants have not refuted the
examiner's factual determination that Tanaka teaches as much
at column 2, lines
15-60 (see page 6 of Answer, first full paragraph). Indeed,
we find no substantive discussion of Tanaka in appellants'
principal and reply briefs on appeal. In addition, we find
appellants' discussion of Thomas with respect to claim 3 to be
adequately answered by the examiner in the paragraph bridging
pages 8 and 9 of her Answer.
As a final point, we emphasize that appellants base no
argument upon objective evidence of nonobviousness, such as
unexpected results.
In conclusion, based on the foregoing, the examiner's
decision rejecting the appealed claims is affirmed.
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