Appeal No. 1997-4373 Page 4
Application No. 08/332,656
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Abe et al. (Abe) 4,730,585 Mar. 15,
1988
Paganon et al. (Paganon) 4,793,313 Dec.
27, 1988
Fujimori et al. (Fujimori) 4,920,942 May 1,
1990
Masahiko et al. (Masahiko) EP 243,871 Nov. 4,
19872
The following rejections are before us for review.
1. Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Fujimori.
2. Claims 3 through 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Fujimori in view of Masahiko.
3. Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Fujimori in view of Masahiko, as applied to
claim 5 above, and further in view of Paganon.
2The examiner and appellants have referred to this reference as
"Fujisawa" in the brief, reply brief, answer and supplemental answer.
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