Appeal No. 1997-3036
Application No. 08/268,094
The References
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims are:
Fekete et al. (Fekete) 3,373,075 Mar. 12, 1968
Takiyama et al. (Takiyama) 3,676,524 Jul. 11, 1972
Green 4,074,008 Feb. 14, 1978
Kajiwara et al. (Kajiwara) 5,218,061 Jun. 8, 1993
The Rejections
Claims 2-4, 7 and 10-11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Fekete or Takiyama in view of Green or Kajiwara.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 19,
mailed January 9, 1997) and the supplemental answer (Paper No. 21, mailed June 4, 1997) for
the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 16,
filed August 13, 1996) and reply brief (Paper No. 20, filed March 5, 1997) for the appellants'
arguments thereagainst.
Opinion
We have carefully considered all of the arguments advanced by appellants and the
examiner and agree with appellants that the aforementioned rejections are not well founded.
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