Appeal No. 97-3246
Application 08/384,090
(Matsumoto) 5,444,335 Aug. 22, 1995
Kimura
(European Patent Application) 0 597 432 May 18, 1994
Claims 11 through 13, 15 and 16 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Iwama. Claims 14 and 16
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of
obviousness, the examiner cites Iwama and Matsumoto with
regard to claim 14 and Iwama and Tanamachi with regard to
claim 16.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
Turning first to the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b),
the examiner contends that Iwama discloses all that is claimed
but for the anodically bonding the thin sheet to the
substrate. Appellants apparently agree with this analysis
based on a lack of argument in this regard as to any
particular claim limitation save for the anodically bonding.
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