Appeal No. 1997-0495
Application No. 08/399,787
(Yamada) (filed Dec. 28, 1992)
Kuroiwa et al. 1-137437 May 30,
1989
(Kuroiwa) (JP)
All of the claims on appeal stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Kuroiwa and Chen in view of
Yamada.1
We refer to the brief and to the answer for the
respective positions advocated by the appellants and the
examiner respectively concerning the above noted rejection.
OPINION
For the reasons set forth below, we cannot sustain this
rejection.
The examiner concludes that “[i]t would have been obvious
to one skilled in the art to add a reflective layer alone or
with a dielectric layer as taught by Yamada . . . or Chen . .
1As indicated by the appellants on page 4 of the brief,
the appealed claims will stand or fall together.
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