Appeal No. 95-5109 Application No. 08/063,665 Ueda et al. (Ueda) 5,107,337 Apr. 21, 1992 Hiroshi et al. (Hiroshi) 2 3-132172 May 6, 1991 (Japanese patent application) Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kondo. Claims 1, 2, 6 through 10 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kondo in view of Murashima. Claims 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kondo in view of Murashima and Ueda. Claims 4 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kondo in view of Hiroshi. Reference is made to the briefs and the answers for the respective positions of the appellant and the examiner. OPINION The obviousness rejections are reversed. All of the claims on appeal use the horizontal line peak hold system (Figure 3B) and the vertical peak hold system (Figure 3C) simultaneously in conjunction with either an 2A copy of the translation of this reference is attached. 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007