Appeal No. 96-3704
Application 08/216,474
Slezak 5,121,273 June 9, 1992
Hashimoto 59-207065 Nov. 24, 1984
(Japanese Kokai)
Morikawa 3-25717 Feb. 4, 1991
(Japanese Kokai)
Toda 4-219618 Aug. 10, 1992
(Japanese Kokai)
Oe et al. (Oe) 4-219066 Oct. 15, 1992
(Japanese Kokai)
Claims 1 through 6, 8 through 11, 13 and 14 are
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Hashimoto in view of Morikawa and Slezak. Claims 1 through 6,
8, 11, 13 and 14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Hashimoto in view of Morikawa and Toda.
Claim 12 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatent-
able over Hashimoto in view of Morikawa and Toda or Slezak and
further in view of Oe. On page 14 of the Examiner's answer,
the Examiner sets forth a new ground of rejection in which
claims 8 through 11 and 13 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particu-
larly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which
Appellant regards as the invention.
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