Appeal No. 1997-0538
Application No. 08/262,168
(Filed Jan. 22,
1992)
Larsen, Jr. et al (Larsen) 5,350,466 Sep. 27,
1994
(Filed Jul. 19,
1993)
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:
(1) Claims 13 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which applicants regard as their invention;
(2) Claims 8, 13 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(a) as anticipated by the disclosure of Kim;
(3) Claims 8, 13 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(e) as anticipated by the disclosure of Larsen;
(4) Claims 1 through 4, 7, 8, 13 and 19 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the disclosure of Kim;
and
(5) Claims 1 through 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over the disclosure of Larsen.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and appellants concerning the above-noted
rejections, we refer to the Answer, Brief and Reply Brief for
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