Appeal No. 1997-4430 Application 08/421,463 The following rejections are before us for review. Claims 39 through 41 and 60 through 65 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Laurent. Claims 61 through 64 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Laurent. Claims 39 through 41 and 65 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Laurent in view of Hyodo. Claim 66 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Laurent (as applied to claim 65 in the anticipation rejection, supra) or Laurent in view of Hyodo (as applied to claim 65 immediately above), further in view of Harper. The full text of the examiner's rejections and response Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the translation is appended to this opinion. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007