Appeal No. 97-2582 Application 08/484,353 distinction over the prior art. With regard to that aspect of the appellants’ claimed invention, Ogawa, as applied by the examiner, does not make up for the above-discussed deficiencies of Kinoshita and Taguchi. Accordingly, the rejection of claims 8-10 cannot be sustained. Conclusion The rejection of claims 7 and 15-18 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kinoshita and Taguchi is reversed. The rejection of claims 8-10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kinoshita, Taguchi, and Ogawa is reversed. REVERSED ERROL A. KRASS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT MICHAEL R. FLEMING ) APPEALS AND Administrative Patent Judge ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) JAMESON LEE ) Administrative Patent Judge ) 11Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007