Appeal No. 1999-0608 Page 4
Application No. 08/571,471
Moriguchi JP 05-043884 Jul. 2, 19934
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 1 through 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over appellant's APA in view of
Matsumoto and Dan'hata.
Reference is made to the brief (Paper No. 9) and reply
brief (Paper No. 11) and the answer (Paper No. 10) for the
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner with
regard to the merits of this rejection.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellant's specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determinations which follow.
This is the examined Japanese patent publication mentioned on page 24
of the appellant's specification. An English language translation of this
reference, prepared by the Patent and Trademark Office, is appended hereto.
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