Appeal No. 96-1651
Application 07/987,186
Claims 13, 18, 20, and 23 through 29 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite.
Claims 13, 20, 23, 26, 27, and 29, as best understood,
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Oda.
Claims 13, 18, 20, and 23 through 29, as best
understood, stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Ito.2
The full text of the examiner's rejections and response
to the argument presented by appellants appears in the main,
supplemental, and second supplemental answers (Paper Nos. 19, 24,
and 26), while the complete statement of appellants’ argument3
2This rejection, stated in the alternative under 35 U.S.C.
§§ 102(e) and 103, simply combines the separately recited
rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) and 35 U.S.C. § 103 set forth
in the final rejection (Paper No. 13; pages 5 through 7).
3We are informed by Paper Nos. 24, 25, and 26 as to an
appeal in application Serial No. 08/192,270, a division of the
present application on appeal.
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