Appeal No. 1996-2956
Application 08/152,192
Tomita l-181551 July 19, 1989
(Japanese Patent)
Claims 27 through 31, 33 and 34 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Appellant's admitted
prior art, Swapp, Kodama, Fukui, Tomita, Wilkin, Takemoto,
Yonemura, Nara, Noguchi and Pearson.
Claim 32 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the combination of Appellant's admitted
prior art, Swapp, Kodama, Fukui, Tomita, Wilkin, Takemoto,
Yonemura, Nara, Noguchi and Pearson, and further in view of
Yabe and Matsunaga.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the briefs and the answer for 1
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 27 through 34
under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
1Appellant filed an appeal brief on June 23, 1995.
Appellant filed a reply brief on October 23, 1995. The
Examiner mailed a communication on February 6, 1996 stating
that the reply brief has been entered and considered but no
further response by the Examiner is deemed necessary.
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