Appeal No. 1997-1379
Application 08/194,748
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Meyer et al. (Meyer) 3,796,327 March 12,
1974
Scourtes 4,144,960 March 20,
1979
Shiomi et al. (Shiomi) 4,538,950 September 3,
1985
Anders et al. (Anders) 4,827,395 May 2,
1989
Nakamura et al. (Nakamura) 5,006,996 April 9,
1991
(filed March 20,
1989)
Raj 5,008,661 April 16,
1991
(filed January 4,
1989)
Claims 10, 11, and 19-22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Raj, Nakamura, Anders,
Shiomi, Meyer, and Scourtes.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 31) and the
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 35) (pages referred to as "EA__")
for a statement of the Examiner's position and to the Appeal
Brief (Paper No. 34) (pages referred to as "Br__") and the
Reply Brief (Paper No. 36) for Appellants' arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
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