Appeal No. 1998-0249
Application No. 08/534,100
appealed claims appended to appellant’s brief. The references
of record relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Martens 4,582,386 Apr. 15,
1986
Shibano 5,013,262 May 7,
1991
Sugiyama 5,017,156 May 21,
1991
Townsend 5,055,069 Oct 8,
1991
Kachlic 5,171,161 Dec. 15,
1992
Chau 5,190,480 Mar
2, 1993
Kato 2,186,748 Aug. 19,
1987
(United Kingdom)
Claims 19, 3, 5-9 and 11-18 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 as unpatentable over Shibano in view of Martens, Kato,
Townsend, Kachlic, Sugiyama and Chau. Only claim 19 is argued
in the brief, therefore all claims will stand or fall with the
independent claim 19.
OPINION
We have carefully reviewed the rejection on appeal in
light of the arguments of the appellant and the examiner. As
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