Appeal No. 1997-0830 Application 08/132,998 Yamazaki 5,214,417 May 25, 1993 Takahara et al. (Takahara) 0,478,371 Apr. 1, 1992 (European Patent Application) Claims 64 through 77 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Yamazaki. Claims 27 through 50 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Takahara. Claims 5 through 10 and 13 through 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Yamazaki in view of Takahara.2 2We note that the Examiner in the final rejection re- jected claims 5 through 18, 27 through 50, and 64 through 77 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, and rejected claims 11, 12 and 64 through 77 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph. The Examiner has withdrawn these rejections as indicated in the advisory action of November 14, 1995. Thus, claims 11 and 12 have not been rejected on the record. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007