Appeal No. 1998-0643
Application 08/196,028
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Schlang 4,558,461 December 10,
1985
Bloomberg et al. (Bloomberg) 5,048,109 September
10, 1991
Tanaka et al. (Tanaka) 5,054,091 October 1,
1991
Claims 1 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Bloomberg and Tanaka.
Claims 2-5, 8-11, 19, 21, 22, and 26-30 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Bloomberg,
Tanaka, and Schlang.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 15) and the
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 23) (pages referred to as
"EA__"), which incorporate by reference the reasons for
rejection in the previous Official Action (Paper No. 12), for
a statement of the Examiner's position, and to the Brief
(Paper No. 22) (pages referred to as "Br__") for Appellants'
arguments thereagainst.
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