Appeal No. 1998-0259 Application No. 08/391,817 Nakazawa JP 4 245208(A) Sep. 1, 1992 Yamada et al. (Yamada) JP 5 045531(A) Feb. 23, 1993 Claims 1 through 7, 9 through 14, 16 through 20 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Yamada. Claims 1 through 3, 7 through 10, 14 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Nakazawa. Claims 1 through 3, 7 through 10, 14 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Kubota. 2 Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants or the Examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for the respective details thereof. OPINION 2Although the final rejection recited a rejection of all claims (then 1-41) over each of the three references, the answer (pages 4 and 5) has restated the rejections as applying each reference to certain claims. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007