Appeal No. 1997-0736 Application No. 08/384,916 Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Torigai in view of Ito. Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Tanaka in view of Ito, as applied to claims 1, 3, 7, and 8 above, further in view of Takahashi. Claims 10, 11, 15, and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Tanaka in view of Ito and Takahashi as applied to claim 9 above, further in view of Morikawa. The full text of the examiner's rejections and response to the argument presented by appellants appears in the main and supplemental answers (Paper Nos. 13 and 20), while the complete statement of appellants’ argument can be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 12 and 14). 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007