Appeal No. 1997-3924
Application No. 08/571,634
level which would have prevailed in the absence of said
internal feedback effect.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Elms 3,733,541 May
15, 1973
Perper 4,005,335 Jan. 25,
1977
Fukuda 4,298,822 Nov. 03,
1981
(filed May 23, 1979)
Young 4,337,414 Jun. 29,
1982
(filed Nov. 26, 1979)
Claims 17 through 22, and 26 through 32 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Perper in
view of Elms.
Claims 23 through 25 and 33 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Perper in view of Elms,
Fukuda, and Young.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 16,
mailed May 20, 1997) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to appellant's Brief (Paper No.
17, filed May 7, 1997) for appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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