Appeal No. 96-2061
Application No. 08/152,080
Arai 4,399,749 Aug. 23, 1983
Haigh et al. 4,465,728 Aug. 14, 1984
(Haigh)
Kawasaki et al. 4,555,427 Nov. 26, 1985
(Kawasaki)
Fukui 4,820,310 Apr. 11, 1989
Fuchs (Germany) 3,904,424 Jan. 18, 1990
(translation copy attached)
Claims 12 through 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Fuchs in view of Haigh and Arai.
Claims 16 through 18 stand correspondingly rejected over these
references in various combinations with the other above listed
references relied upon by the examiner.
We refer to the brief and to the answer for a complete
exposition of the opposing viewpoints expressed by the
appellant and the examiner concerning the above noted
rejections.
OPINION
We will not sustain any of the rejections advanced by the
examiner on this appeal.
We are in substantial agreement with the basic position
advocated by the appellant that the applied references in
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