Appeal No. 97-4459 Page 4 Application No. 08/421,063 Claims 1 through 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Sundberg in view of Suzuki. Claims 1 through 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Sundberg in view of Suzuki and Luther. Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper No. 9, mailed November 8, 1996) and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 18, mailed July 8, 1997) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellants' brief (Paper No. 17, filed April 15, 1997) and reply brief (Paper No. 19, filed September 17, 1997) for the appellants' arguments thereagainst. OPINION In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the appellants' specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to thePage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007