Appeal No. 96-0626
Application 08/187,328
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Suyama in view of
Hayashi.
Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 12 and 13 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Appellants'
admitted prior art in view of Nakamura.
Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 7-10, 12 and 13 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Suyama in
view of Nakamura.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants
and the Examiner, reference is made to the briefs and answer
for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We will not sustain the Examiner's rejection of
claims 1 through 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
The Examiner has failed to set forth a prima facie
case. It is the burden of the Examiner to establish why one
having ordinary skill in the art would have been led to the
claimed invention by the reasonable teachings or suggestions
found in the prior art, or by a reasonable inference to the
artisan contained in such teachings or suggestions. In re
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