Appeal No. 1996-3152
Application No. 08/043,743
Hirano.5
The full text of the examiner's rejections and the
responses to the arguments presented by appellant appear in
the answer (Paper No. 14), supplemental answer (Paper No. 18)
and the second supplemental answer (Paper No. 20) while the
complete statement
of appellant’s arguments can be found in the main, the reply
and the supplemental reply briefs (Paper Nos. 13, 15 and 19
respectively).
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellant’s specification and the
claim, 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 conclude that
none of the § 103 rejections can be sustained.
Rejection (I)
Appellant argues that the examiner has failed to
5Rejections (II) and (III) are designated in the answer, pages 4-7, as
new grounds of rejection.
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