Appeal No. 96-3810
Application No. 08/207,801
Nakajima et al. (Nakajima) 5,111,442 May 05, 1992
Claims 1 through 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Ando in view of Strubbe, and
further in view Nakajima for claims 5 through 8.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 17,
mailed May 9, 1996) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the appellants' Brief (Paper
No. 16, filed April 1, 1996) for the appellants' arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
As a preliminary note, appellant indicates on page 3 of
the Brief that the claims are to stand or fall together.
Accordingly, we will consider claim 1, the broadest claim, as
representative, and the remaining claims will stand or fall
therewith.
We have carefully considered the claims, the applied
prior art references, and the respective positions articulated
by the appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of our
review, we will reverse the obviousness rejections of claims 1
through 8.
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