Appeal No. 96-0763 Page 4 Application No. 07/840,345 THE REFERENCES OF RECORD As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the following references. Hatano et al. (Hatano) 4,935,757 Jun. 19, 1990 Yanagisawa 5,128,786 Jul. 7, 1992 Sekimura, European Patent 0,226,218 Jun. 6, 1987 Application (EPA’218) Ohgawara, European Patent 0,338,412 Oct. 10, 1988 Application (EPA’412) THE REJECTIONS Claims 1, 7, 10, 11, and 14 through 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Hatano in view of Yanagisawa and further in view of EPA’412. Two new grounds of rejection were entered in the Answer, and responded to by appellant in the Reply Brief. They are as follows;Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007