Appeal No. 1998-2471 Page 3 Application No. 08/222,913 Besides the appellants’ admitted prior art (APA), the references relied on in rejecting the claims follow: Kern 4,196,625 Apr. 8, 1980 Heinzl et al. 4,202,267 May 13, 1980 (Heinzl) Italiano 4,380,772 Apr. 19, 1983 Murai et al. 4,626,874 Dec. 2, 1986 (Murai) Isganitis et al. 5,563,644 Oct. 8, 1996 (Isganitis) (filed Feb. 3, 1992) Inoue 4-197646 Jul. 17, 1992.2 (Japanese Patent) Claims 1-3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Italiano. Claim 4 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Italiano in view of Isganitis. Claims 5-7, 11, and 22-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Italiano in view of APA. Claims 12, 18, and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Inoue in view of Heinzl. Claims 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Inoue in view of Heinzl further 2We rely on a translation of Inoue, a copy of which is provided to the appellants.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007