Appeal No. 1997-1321 Application No. 08/366,448 The Japanese patent applications relied on by the 2 examiner are: Tagawa 58-88872 May 27, 1983 (Japanese Kokai) Tagawa 60-52978 Mar. 26, 1985 (Japanese Kokai) Ide et al. (Ide) 63-7575 Jan. 13, 1988 (Japanese Kokai) Kojima et al. (Kojima) 2-210678 Aug. 22, 1990 (Japanese Patent Application) Claims 2, 3, 5, 21, 24, 26 and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Tagawa ‘872 or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Tagawa ‘872. Claims 6, 28, 29 and 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Tagawa ‘872. Claims 2, 3, 5, 21, 24, 26, 27 and 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Tagawa ‘978 or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Tagawa ‘978. Claims 7, 28 and 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Tagawa ‘978. 2Copies of the translations of the references are attached. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007