Appeal No. 1997-0403
Application 08/174,215
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Franz and Grant.
Claims 2 and 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Franz and Kato.3
Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Franz.
Claims 5-7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Franz and Kato.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 18) (pages
referred to as "FR__"), the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 23)
(pages referred to as "EA__"), and the Supplemental
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 26) for a statement of the
Examiner's position and to the Appeal Brief (Paper No. 22)
(pages referred to as "Br__"), Appellants' Reply to the
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 24) (pages referred to as
"RBr__"), and Appellants' Response to Examiner's
Supplemental Answer (Paper No. 27) for a statement of
Appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
Since claim 1 is rejected over Franz and Grant, we3
presume the rejection of claims 2 and 3 is over the
combination of Franz, Grant, and Kato.
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