Appeal No. 1997-4387
Application 08/308,963
Claims 1, 2, 7 through 10, 15, and 16, stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Goto.
Claims 3 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over Goto in view of Loscei.
For details of these rejections and the arguments of
the appellants with respect thereto, reference is made to the
Examiner's Answer and supplemental Examiner's Answer and the
appellants' Brief and Reply Brief.
OPINION
We have carefully reviewed the rejections on appeal
in light of the arguments of the appellants and the examiner.
As a result of this review, we have determined that the
examiner has sustained his burden of showing that claims 1
through 10, 15, and 16, are directed to subject matter which
does not find descriptive support in appellants'
specification. We have further determined that the applied
prior art does not establish a prima facie case of obviousness
with respect to claims 1 through 4, 7 through 10, 15, and 16.
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