Appeal No. 1996-0657
Application 07/919,784
claims 5, 6, 8, 12, and 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over any of
Takara, Ohtakara et al., Ôtakara (I) or Yabuki, taken in view of Gooday and Kuhn,
and any one of Pedraza-Reyes (I), Pedraza-Reyes (II), Ohtakara (II) or Arroyo-
Begovich.
Deliberations
Our deliberations in this matter have included evaluation and review of the
following materials:
(I) The instant specification, including Figures 1 through 8, and all of the
claims on appeal;
(II) The main Brief (Paper No. 29), Reply Brief (Paper No. 32), and “Reply to
Supplemental Examiner’s Answer” (Paper No. 34);
(III) The Examiner’s Answer (Paper No. 30), the First Supplemental
Examiner’s Answer (Paper No. 33), and the Second Supplemental Examiner’s
Answer (Paper No. 39);
(IV) The Harman declaration filed under the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.132,
executed December 23, 1993; and
(V) The prior art references cited in Section (7) of the Examiner’s Answer
(Paper No. 30), and applied in the statement of rejection in Section (9) of the
Examiner's Answer.
On consideration of the record, including the above-listed materials, we
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