Appeal No. 96-3997
Application No. 08/173,953
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Chruma et al. (Chruma) 4,732,866 Mar. 22,
1988
Matsubara (Japanese Kokai) 2 56-36171 Apr. 09,
1981
Watanabe et al. 60-229376 Nov. 14,
1985
(Japanese Kokai)
The rejections of the appealed claims are set forth by
the Examiner as follows:
1. Claims 8 and 9 stand finally rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Japanese Kokai 60-229376
together with Japanese Kokai 56-36171.
2. Claims 5, 6, 8, and 9 stand finally rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Japanese Kokai 60-
229376 together with Japanese Kokai 56-36171 and Chruma. 3
2Copies of the translations provided by the U. S. Patent
and Trademark Office, February 1999, of each of the Japanese
Kokai references relied on are included and relied upon for
this decision.
3Since both Appellants and the Examiner have referred to
the Japanese Kokai documents by the Kokai designation and
number rather than the inventor’s name, we will do so also in
this decision to maintain consistency.
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