Appeal No. 96-3851
Application No. 08/341,849
Sugiura et al. (Sugiura) 4,683,492 Jul. 28,
1987
Vaughn et al. (Vaughn) 5,168,552 Dec. 01, 1992
(Filed Oct. 29, 1991)
Deutsch et al. (Deutsch) 5,226,175 Jul. 06,
1993
(Filed Mar. 26, 1991)
Claims 4 and 17 through 40 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Vaughn in view of Sugiura
and Deutsch.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 20,
mailed April 4, 1996) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the appellant's Brief (Paper
No. 19, filed December 29, 1995) for the appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
As a preliminary matter, we note that appellant indicates
on page 4 of the Brief (with reasons as set forth in 37 CFR
§ 1.192(c)(7) and (c)(8)) that the claims do not stand or
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