Appeal No. 1997-1351
Application 08/127,924
Claims 19, 33, 36, 37, 42, and 45 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(a) and (e) as being anticipated by Petty.
Claims 34 and 43 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Petty.
Claims 20-23, 38, and 39 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Petty and Kagawa.
Claims 24-26 and 40 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Petty and Matsumoto.
Claims 27-32 and 41 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Petty and Sackmann.
Claims 35 and 44 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Petty and De Kelaita.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 7) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the Examiner's Answer (Paper
No. 14) (pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the
Examiner's position and to the Appeal Brief (Paper No. 11)
(pages referred to as "Br__") for a statement of Appellants'
arguments thereagainst. In a Communication from the
Examiner (Paper No. 18) entered April 1, 1996, the Examiner
denied entry of the Reply Brief (Paper No. 16); therefore,
the Reply Brief has not been considered.
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