Appeal No. 1996-4071 Page 4
Application No. 08/292,692
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Great Britain Patent (GB ‘830) 991,830 May 12, 1965
Fagence
Japanese Patent (JP ‘817) 56-16817 Dec. 18,
19811
Takeuchi et al.
Japanese Patent (JP ‘824) 59-78824 May 07,
19822
Yamada et al.
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over JP ‘824 or JP ‘817 in view of GB ‘830.
OPINION
Having carefully considered all of the arguments and
evidence advanced by appellant and the examiner, we find
ourselves in agreement with appellant that the examiner has
1All subsequent reference in this opinion to JP '817 is a
reference to the English language translation of the Japanese
laid-open application of record.
2All subsequent reference in this opinion to JP '824 is a
reference to the English language translation of the Japanese
laid-open application of record.
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