Appeal No. 1997-0123 Application 08/368,926 rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Nakamura in view of the admitted prior art and further in view of Suetake. Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs and Answer for the5 respective details thereof. OPINION We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejection advanced by the Examiner, and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by the Examiner as support for the rejection. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into consideration, in reaching our decision, Appellants’ 5The Appeal Brief was filed May 23, 1996. In response to the Examiner’s Answer dated June 26, 1996, a Reply Brief was filed August 26, 1996, which was acknowledged and entered by the Examiner without further comment on October 7, 1996. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007