Appeal No. 96-0661
Application 08/189,833
Matsubara et al. (Matsubara) 4,822,966 Apr.
18, 1989
Nitta et al. (Nitta) 4-298623 Oct. 22, 1992
(Japanese Kokai)2
Fukuda et al. (Fukuda) 4-301122 Oct. 23, 1992
(Japanese Kokai)
Claims 1, 4, 5, 8 through 18, 21 and 22 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Fukuda
(Japanese ‘122) or Nitta (Japanese ‘623) in view of Matsubara.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full explanation of
the above-noted rejection and the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and appellant regarding those
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 14, mailed May 12, 1995) and supplemental examiner’s
answer (Paper No. 16, mailed September 18, 1995) for the
examiner's reasoning in support of the rejection, and to
appellant's brief (Paper No. 12, filed February 16, 1995) and
A copy of a translation of each of these Japanese documents prepared for the U.S.2
Patent and Trademark Office is appended to this decision.
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