Appeal No. 1997-0027
Application No. 08/117,443
Claims 9 through 15, 23, 24, 27, 31 and 32 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the disclosure of
Mashiro. Claims 9 through 15 and 23 through 37 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the combined
disclosures of Mashiro and Meacham. 3
We have carefully reviewed the specification, claims and
applied prior art, including all of the arguments and evidence
advanced by both the examiner and appellant in support of
their respective positions. This review leads us to conclude
that the examiner’s § 103 rejections of the apparatus claims
are well founded. Accordingly, we only affirm the examiner’s
decision rejecting apparatus claims 23, 24, 27, 31 and 32
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over the disclosure of Mashiro and
apparatus claims 23 through 37 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over the
3In the Answer, the examiner inadvertently fails to
include the § 103 rejection of claims 9 through 15 and 23
through 37 over the combined disclosures of Mashiro and
Meacham. However, it is clear from the examiner’s final
Office action (page 3), the body of the rejection in the
Answer (pages 3 and 4), and appellant’s Brief (page 6), such §
103 rejection has not been withdrawn.
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