Appeal No. 97-0271
Application No. 08/186,212
Bloomberg (Bloomberg I) 5,091,966 Feb. 25, 1992
(filed Jul. 31, 1990)
Bloomberg (Bloomberg II) 5,168,147 Dec. 01, 1992
filed Jul. 31, 1990)
Miyanaga JP 60-1298913 Jul. 11, 1985
(Japanese patent application)
M. Mansour, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, Vol. 26, no. 2,
766-67 (July 1983)
Claims 1 through 3 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Mansour in view of Sanford.
Claims 1 and 3 through 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Mansour in view of Miyanaga.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 20,
mailed May 28, 1996) and the Supplemental Examiner's Answer
(Paper No. 22, mailed July 24, 1996) for the examiner's
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellants'
Brief (Paper No. 19, filed April 29, 1996) and Reply Brief
(Paper No. 21, filed July 2, 1996) for the appellants'
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
Our understanding of this reference and of Sugita is based upon3
translations provided by the Scientific and Technical Information Center of
the Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the translation for each reference
is enclosed with this decision.
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