Appeal No. 1998-0096 Application No. 08/518,182 Claims 25 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Fujimoto as applied to claims 7, 8, 11, 15 and 18 supra, and further in combination with Tsukagoshi, or in the alternative, over the combination of Fujimoto and Saito (JP 4-6841), and further in combination with Tsukagoshi. Claim 27 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Fujimoto as applied to claims 7, 8, 11, 15 and 18 supra, and further in combination with Tsukagoshi, or in the alternative, over the combination of Fujimoto and Saito (JP4-6841) as applied to claims 7, 8, 11, 15 and 18 supra, and further in combination with Tsukagoshi. Claim 30 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Fujimoto and Onozaki as applied to claims 9, 14, 16 and 17 supra, and further in combination with Kanakarajan, or in the alternative, over the combination of Fujimoto, Saito (JP 4-6841) and Onozaki as applied to claims 9, 14, 16 and 17 supra, and further in combination with Kanakarajan. Claims 31 through 33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007