Appeal No. 2000-0007 Page 3
Application No. 08/586,919
Claims 21 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Suyama in view of Matsuzaki.
Claims 13 to 15, 17, 20 and 24 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Pirre in view of
Suyama.
Claim 23 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Pirre in view of Suyama as applied to claim
13 above, and further in view of Ohba.
Claim 19 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Pirre in view of Suyama as applied to claim
13 above, and further in view of Farque.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper
No. 9, mailed November 24, 1998) and the answer (Paper No. 12,
mailed July 7, 1999) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 11,
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