Appeal No. 1998-0146
Application 08/407,058
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
U.S. Patents
Yamamoto 4,870,636 September 26,
1989
Nonaka 5,424,884 June 13,
1995
(effective filing date November 20,
1990)
Japanese Published Patent Applications (Kokai)
Adachi2 62-204441 September 9,
1987 Mitani 2-232826 September
14, 1990
Sugano 3-29125 February 7,
1991
Claims 1, 4-8, and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Yamamoto and Sugano.
Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Yamamoto, Sugano, and Nonaka.
Claims 1, 4-8, and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Adachi and Mitani.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 24) (pages
referred to as "FR__"), the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 30)
(pages referred to as "EA__"), and the Supplemental
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 33) (pages referred to as
A translation of Adachi accompanies this decision.2
Translations of Mitani and Sugano are already of record.
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