Appeal No. 96-1844
Application No. 08/125,396
invention and appear in the appendix to Appellants' brief, on
pages 17 and 26, respectively.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Jarrett 4,595,909 Jun. 17, 1986
Fujita et al. (Fujita) JP 4-2519702 Sep. 08, 1992
Claims 1 through 33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Fujita in view of Jarrett.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 11,
mailed December 6, 1995) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejections, and to Appellants' Brief (Paper
No. 10, filed October 30, 1995) for Appellants' arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the claims, the applied
prior art references, and the respective positions articulated
by Appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of our
review, we will reverse the obviousness rejection of claims 1
through 33.
Our understanding of this reference is based upon a translation2
provided by the Scientific and Technical Information Center of the Patent and
Trademark Office. A copy of the translation is enclosed with this decision.
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