Appeal No. 1997-0367
Application No. 08/321,581
Claims 4-6 and 16-30 stand finally rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(a) as anticipated by either one of Ueda or
Miyazawa. 2
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs and Answer for the 3
respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejection advanced by the Examiner and the
evidence of anticipation relied upon by the Examiner as
support for the rejection. We have, likewise, reviewed and
taken into consideration, in reaching our decision,
Appellants’ arguments set forth in the Briefs along with the
2In response to Appellants’ arguments in the Brief, the
Examiner has withdrawn the anticipatory rejection of the
appealed claims based on the U.S. patent to Inoue et al.
(5,416,374).
3The Appeal Brief was filed January 5, 1996. In response
to the Examiner’s Answer dated April 12, 1996, a Reply Brief
was filed June 17, 1996 which was acknowledged and entered by
the Examiner without further comment on July 12, 1996.
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