Appeal No. 1997-3182 Application 08/254,643 IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms, 405 (3d ed., New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1984). Claims 1, 8, 21 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Robinson. Claims 15, 16 and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the combination of teachings of Robinson in view of Ishikawa and Fosgate as to claim 15 and the more limited combination to Robinson and Fosgate as to claims 16 and 27. Rather than repeat the positions of the appellant and the examiner, reference is made to the various briefs, the supplemental examiner's answer mailed on May 9, 2000, which appears to supersede the answer's answer mailed on November 13, 1996, and the intervening communications from the examiner. OPINION We reverse the rejection of independent claims 1 and 21 on appeal essentially for the reasons set forth by appellant in the brief and the reply brief. As such, we therefore reverse the rejection of claims 8 and 22 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and the rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 of the remaining 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007