Appeal No. 96-0943 Page 2
Application No. 08/142,832
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a hand-held dental
treatment apparatus using laser light. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 17
which appears in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Aihara 4,608,980 Sep. 2, 1986
Nagasawa 4,849,859 July 18, 1989
Daikuzono 5,151,097 Sep. 29, 1992
(filed Aug. 28, 1990)
Claims 17 through 22 and 24 through 28 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Aihara in view of
Daikuzono and Nagasawa.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and the appellant regarding the § 103 rejection, we
make reference to the final rejection (Paper No. 20, mailed
January 3, 1995) and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 23, mailed
June 12, 1995) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support
of the rejection, and to the appellant's brief (Paper No. 22,
filed April 26, 1995) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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