Appeal No. 1998-0441
Application 08/713,089
Anderson 5,072,197 December 10,
1991
Angiulli et al. (Angiulli) 5,365,204 November 15,
1994
(filed October 29,
1993)
Leonowich 5,434,525 July
18, 1995
(effective filing date February 25,
1993)
Claims 2, 3, 7-9, 11-14, and 16 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Motegi.
Claim 17 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Sakurai.
Claims 2, 3, 7-9, 11-14, 16, 17, and 19 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Sakurai,
Motegi, Dingwall, Anderson, Leonowich, Angiulli, and
Matsuura.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 10) and the
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 17) (pages referred to as
"EA__") for a statement of the Examiner's position and to
the Appeal Brief (Paper No. 16) (pages referred to as
"Br__") and the Reply Brief (Paper No. 18) (pages referred
to as "RBr__") for a statement of Appellants' arguments
thereagainst.
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