Appeal No. 1997-0605
Application No. 08/551,981
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The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Konishi 4,533,841 Aug. 06, 1985
Yoshino 5,019,725 May 28, 1991
Claims 13-19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Konishi in view of Yoshino.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer
(Paper No. 15, mailed Sep. 4, 1996) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the rejections,
and to the appellant's brief (Paper No. 14, filed July 29, 1996) and reply brief (Paper No. 16,
filed Sep. 16, 1996) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the
appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the respective
positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of our review, we
make the determinations which follow.
1The examiner lists Wanlass U.S. Patent No. 5,216,299, in the prior art of record, but does not
include this reference in the statement of the rejection. Therefore, this reference forms no part of our
consideration.
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