Appeal No. 1997-3965
Application No. 08/389,069
(Japanese Patent Publication)
Hanagata4 JP 2-281486 Nov. 19,
1990
(Japanese Kokai Patent Publication)
Claims 1 through 5, 7, 8, and 10 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Toensing in view of
Yamada and either Kuroda or Ono, and for claim 8, further in
view of Hanagata.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 30,
mailed November 22, 1996) and the Supplemental Examiner's
Answer (Paper No. 33, mailed April 11, 1997) for the
examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections,
and to appellant's Brief (Paper No. 29, filed October 1, 1996)
and Reply Brief (Paper No. 32, filed January 24, 1997) for
appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
As a preliminary matter we note that appellant indicates
on page 7 of the Brief that all of the claims are to stand or
fall together. Accordingly, we will treat all of the claims
The examiner refers to this reference as NEC Corp. Further, our4
understanding of this reference is based upon a translation provided by the
Translations Branch of the Patent and Trademark Office.
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