Appeal No. 96-1920 Application 08/218,136 Furukawa in view of Nishikawa. 6. Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by the disclosure of Takahashi ’997. 7. Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by the disclosure of Takahashi ’785. 8. Claims 3-7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Takahashi ’785 in view of Furukawa. 9. Claims 8-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Takahashi ’785 in view of Furukawa, and further in view of Nishikawa. Rather than repeat the arguments of appellant or the examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for the respective details thereof. OPINION We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejections advanced by the examiner, the arguments in support of the rejections and the evidence of anticipation 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007