Appeal No. 1998-0512
Application No. 08/477,238
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Brownell et al. (Brownell) 5,299,956 Apr. 05, 1994
(filed Mar. 23,
1992)
Sato 1 JP 2-268484 Nov. 02, 1990
(Japanese Kokai Patent Publication)
Claims 11 through 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Brownell in view of Sato.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 15,
mailed September 2, 1997) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellants'
Brief (Paper No. 14, filed August 4, 1997) for appellants'
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the claims, the applied
prior art references, and the respective positions articulated
by appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of our
review, we will reverse the obviousness rejection of claims 11
through 27.
1Our understanding of this reference is based upon a translation
provided by the Translations Branch of the Patent and Trademark Office.
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