Appeal No. 1998-1871 Page 4
Application No. 08/383,112
Claims 1 through 4, 6 and 8 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Matsuda in view of Tezuka,
Komiyama and Suzuki.
Claims 5 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Matsuda in view of Tezuka, Komiyama,
Suzuki and Perlov.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 15, mailed August 6, 1997) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellant's
brief (Paper No. 14, filed May 12, 1997) and reply brief
(Paper No. 16, filed September 23, 1997) for the appellant's
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellant's specification and
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