Appeal No. 96-3961
Application No. 08/295,268
(Japanese Patent Publication)2
The rejections of the appealed claims are set forth by
the Examiner as follows:
1. Claims 1-3 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Japanese patent ‘240 in view 3
of Ota.
2. Claims 4 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Japanese patent ‘240 in view of Ota
and further in view of Ommori.
3. Claims 6-8 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Japanese patent ‘240 in view of
Kikuchi.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Brief and Answer for the
respective details.
OPINION
2A copy of the translation provided by the U. S. Patent
and Trademark Office, June 8, 1999, is included and relied
upon for this decision.
3Since both Appellant and the Examiner refer to the
Japanese patent publication by patent number rather than the
inventor’s name, we will do so also in this decision to
maintain consistency.
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