Appeal No. 97-2035 Application 08/161,234 Opinion We sustain the rejection of claims 1-3, 6 and 9-12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kume or Shiroishi, in view of Abo. We do not sustain the rejection of claims 4, 13 and 15 under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Kume or Shiroishi in view of Abo. We do not sustain the rejection of claims 1-4, 6, 9-13 and 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Tsuchiya in view of Abo. We do not sustain the rejection of claims 7 and 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kume, Shiroishi, or Tsuchiya in view of Abo and further in view of Coughlin. We sustain the rejection of claims 5 and 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kume or Shiroishi, in view of Abo and further in view of Kubo. We do not sustain the rejection of claims 5 and 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Tsuchiya in view of Abo and further in view of Kubo. 6Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007