Appeal No. 96-1455
Application No. 08/218,279
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
Examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Hicks 4,951,086 Aug. 21, 1990
Yoshiwaka Hei 5-27406 Feb. 5, 1993
(Japanese Kokai patent application) 2
Claims 1-6 and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as
being directed to nonstatutory subject matter. Claims 1-25
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Yoshiwaka in view of Hicks.
2Translation cited in the prosecution history. Our
understanding of this reference is based on that English
translation thereof prepared by the Ralph McElroy Company. A
copy of that translation is attached hereto. Paragraphs 0043-
0045 of this translation are incomplete due to a poor
photocopy. A second translation of Yoshiwaka was prepared for
clarification of the "Application Example 2," dated January
1999, by Schreiber Translations Inc. A copy is included
herewith, but not referenced in this decision.
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