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.
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