Appeal No. 1998-0750 Application 08/232,135 The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of obviousness are: Kanayama 4,897,639 Jan. 30, 1990 Fukuoka et al. (Fukuoka) 5,111,195 May 05, 1992 Kumar et al. (Kumar) 5,449,970 Sep. 12, 1995 Claims 4 and 61-63 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kanayama. Claims 1 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kanayama and Kumar. Claims 7, 11-13, 17, 18, 24, 25, 28, 29, 32-35, 47, 48, 50 and 53-60 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Fukuoka. Claims 9, 10, 16, 19, 20, 27 and 49 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Fukuoka and Kumar. Claims 15, 21, 22, 30, 38-42, 45, 46 and 51 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Fukuoka and Kanayama. Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kanayama and Fukuoka. Claims 2 and 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kanayama, Kumar and Fukuoka. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007