Appeal No. 97-0951
Application 08/148,452
The examiner relies on the following prior art:
Banura 4,972,136 November 20, 1990
Wong et al. (Wong) 4,987,324 January 22, 1991
Yamate et al. (Yamate) 5,182,497 January 26, 1993
Brewer 5,237,209 August 17, 1993
The teachings of the references are fairly described in
Appellants' Brief.
Claims 1, 3, and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Wong and Banura.
Claims 4, 15, and 17-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Wong, Banura, and Brewer.
Claims 2, 5-13, and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Wong, Banura, Brewer, and
Yamate.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 7,
misnumbered as Paper No. 6 in the file) (pages referred to
as "FR__") and the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 16) (pages
referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the Examiner's
position and to the Appeal Brief (Paper No. 13) (pages
referred to as "Br__") for a statement of Appellants'
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
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