Appeal No. 96-1087
Application 08/068,700
appealed claims are:
Takamura et al. (Takamura) 4,581,558 Apr. 08, 1986
Kagawa et al. (Kagawa) 4,670,684 Jun. 02, 1987
Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Takamura in view of Kagawa.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the Examiner and the
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appellants, we make reference to the briefs and answer for the details thereto.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the
appellants' specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the Examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we make the determinations which follow.
The Examiner has rejected claims 1 and 2 over the combination of Takamura and
Kagawa. Takamura discloses the basic structure of the elements claimed in claim 1
2Appellants filed an appeal brief on June 15, 1995, Paper No. 13. We will refer to this appeal brief
as simply the brief. Appellants filed a supplemental appeal brief on July 19, 1995 (Paper No. 14). We will
refer to this appeal brief as simply the supplemental brief. Appellants filed a reply brief October 24, 1995
(Paper No. 16). We will refer to this appeal reply brief as simply the reply.
3The Examiner responded to the brief with an Examiner's Answer mailed August 24, 1995 (Paper
No. 15). We will refer to this examiner's answer as simply the answer. The Examiner responded to the
reply brief with a letter, mailed December 8, 1995 (Paper No. 18), stating that no further response was
necessary.
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