Appeal No. 97-2035
Application 08/161,234
Shiroishi Japanese Kokai 61-206917 Sep.
13, 1986 Abo Japanese Kokai 1-199364 Aug.
10, 1989 Kume Japanese Kokai 2-239420 Sep.
21, 1990 Horiuchi Japanese Kokai H2-244419
Sep. 28, 1990
Tsuchiya Japanese Kokai 3-214478 Sep. 19, 1991
The Rejections on Appeal
Claims 1-4, 6, 9-13, and 15 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over either Kume,
Shiroishi, or Tsuchiya.
Claims 5 and 14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over either Kume, Shiroishi, or Tsuchiya in
view of Kubo et al.
Claims 7 and 8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Kume, Shiroishi, or Tsuchiya, in view
of Coughlin.
In the examiner’s answer, a new ground of rejection was
added. Claims 1, 2, 6, 9 and 10 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Horiuchi.
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