Appeal No. 1998-1787 Page 3 Application No. 08/151,257 Claim 11 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Stevens in view of Onishi as applied to claim 1 above, and further in view of Jabsen. Claims 1 through 7 and 12 through 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Koch in view of Onishi. Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Koch in view of Onishi as applied to claim 1 above, and further in view of Stevens. Claim 11 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Koch in view of Onishi as applied to claim 1 above, and further in view of Jabsen. Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 18, mailed September 3, 1997) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the briefPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007