Appeal No. 97-1303
Application 08/160,300
Inasmuch as the basic subject matter set forth in
independent claim 1 on appeal is present in each of the
succeeding independent claims 11 and 21 in this rejection, the
rejection of them and all respective dependent claims must be
reversed.
Turning next to the rejection of claims 31 through 45 in
light of the collective teachings of Kawata in view of
Pfeiffer, this rejection also must be reversed for the same
reasons set forth earlier. Pfeiffer is not urged by the
examiner to cure any noted deficiencies of Kawata as to the
basic issue reflected in independent claim 21 just discussed
but for other structural features set forth only in dependent
claims 31 through 45. We are also not aware of any additional
teachings in Pfeiffer that would have done so as well. Thus,
we must also reverse the rejection of these claims under 35
U.S.C. § 103 in light of the collective teachings of Kawata
and Pfeiffer.
Turning lastly to the rejection of claims 1 through 96
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 in view of Murakami alone, we also
reverse this rejection.
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