Appeal No. 1997-1004
Application No. 08/095,479
Claims 1, 3, 5, 8, 14-18 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Suzuki in view of Koike ‘980, Koike ‘036 and Maekawa. Claim 6
stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Suzuki, Koike ‘980,
Koike ‘036, and Maekawa, further in view of Brenneman. Claims 10-13 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Suzuki, Koike ‘980, Koike ‘036, and
Maekawa, further in view of Roteman. Claims 19 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Suzuki, Koike ‘980, Koike ‘036, and Maekawa, further in
view of Iwata.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 35, mailed March 17, 1996), the first supplemental examiner's answer
(Paper No. 37, mailed June 13, 1996) and the second supplemental examiner's answer
(Paper No. 39, mailed August 28, 1996) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to the appellants’ brief (Paper No. 34, filed January 30, 1996), reply brief
(Paper No. 36, filed May 20, 1996) and supplemental reply brief (Paper No. 38, filed
August 13, 1996) for the appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
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