Appeal No. 95-4115 Page 3
Application No. 07/932,714
Morrison et al.(Morrison) 4,612,072 Sep. 16, 1986
Okamoto 5,045,417 Sep. 3, 1991
(filed Sep.3, 1989)
JP-1236544 as admitted by appellant on pages 6 and 7 of the
specification.
Claims 12-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Okamoto in view of Morrison.
Claims 12-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Okamoto in view of JP-1236544 as
admitted by appellant on pages 6 and 7 of the specification. 2
Rather than reiterate all of the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and the appellant regarding the
above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer dated November 9, 1994 and the supplemental answer
dated June 16, 1995, and to the appellant's brief and reply
2This rejection was denoted a new ground of rejection at
page 3 of the answer. A communication mailed August 1, 1996
furnished the signature of a supervisory patent examiner
approving the new ground in response to a Remand dated July
29, 1996. We note that a reply brief responsive to the new
ground of rejection filed May 8, 1995 was entered as advised
in a supplemental answer dated June 16, 1995.
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