Appeal No. 2000-1474 Page 4
Application No. 08/962,902
Claims 25 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being obvious in view of the combination of Mueller in view of
either Kondo, Okumura, or Gojo as applied to claim 24 above.
Claim 33 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
obvious in view of Mueller as applied to claim 32 above.
Claim 23 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Mueller in view of Fisher.
Claim 29 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Mueller in view of either Kondo, Okumura, or
Gojo as applied to claim 24 above, and further in view of
Fisher.
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. 21, mailed May 13, 1998) and the answer (Paper No. 27,
mailed July 20, 1999) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 26,
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