Appeal No. 96-1895
Application 08/011,682
Claims 1, 6/1, 9, and 11-14 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Abed and Kanda.
Claims 4, 6/4, and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Abed and Kanda, further in
view of Lathi.
Claims 7/1 and 8/1 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Abed and Kanda, further in view
of appellant's admission. This is a new ground of rejection
added in the Examiner's Answer.
Claims 7/4 and 8/4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Abed, Kanda, and Lathi, further
in view of appellant's admission. This is a new ground of
rejection added in the Examiner's Answer.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 12) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the Examiner's Answer (Paper
No. 22) (pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the
examiner's position and to the Amended Appeal Brief (Paper
No. 21) (pages referred to as "Br__") and the Reply Brief
(Paper No. 23) (pages referred to as "RBr__") for a
statement of appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
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