Appeal No. 1998-1650 Page 4 Application No. 08/715,749 (Japan) Claims 2, 4 to 7, 19 to 22, 24 and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Wendel in view of Murray. Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Wendel in view of Murray and Naganawa. Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Wendel in view of Murray and Kanamaru. Claim 26 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Wendel in view of Murray and Sato. Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the nonfinal Office action (Paper No. 18, mailed January 7, 1997) and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 25, mailed December 19, 1997) for thePage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007