Appeal No. 95-5053
Application 08/048,188
(filed July 15,
1991)
Ichihara 5,196,806 March 23,
1993
(filed October 21,
1991)
Rose et al. 5,297,203 March 22,
1994
(effective filing date May 29,
1991)
Claims 1-4 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Gillig and Rose.
Claims 5 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Gillig and Rose, further in view of
Imazeki.
Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Gillig, Rose, and Imazeki, further in view
of either Ichihara or Nakanishi.
Claim 7 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Gillig and Rose, further in view of Imazeki
and Ichikawa.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 10) and the
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 14) (pages referred to as "EA__")
for a statement of the examiner's position and to the Appeal
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