Appeal No. 98-0816 Application 08/286,287 The following references are relied on by the examiner: Starcevic 3,988,622 Oct. 26, 1976 Hoyer-Ellefsen 4,340,830 Jul. 20, 1982 Müller et al. (Müller) 4,604,665 Aug. 5, 1986 Tatukawa et al. (Tatukawa) 4,701,654 Oct. 20, 1987 Silvaggio et al. (Silvaggio) 4,816,710 Mar. 28, 1989 Schuh 4,922,406 May 1, 1990 Hishida et al. (Hishida) 5,045,738 Sep. 3, 1991 Connors et al. (Connors) 5,091,809 Feb. 25, 1992 Girault 5,126,612 Jun. 30, 1992 Kanaya et al. (Kanaya) 5,155,401 Oct. 13, 1992 Elsasser et al. (Elsasser) 5,173,814 Dec. 22, 1992 Jabbari et al. (Jabbari) 5,177,650 Jan. 5, 1993 Frugé et al. (Frugé) 5,200,866 Apr. 6, 1993 Okada et al. (Okada) 5,245,234 Sep. 14, 1993 Cossette et al. (Cossette) 5,267,737 Dec. 7, 1993 Tanaka et al. (Tanaka) 5,319,270 Jun. 7, 1994 Kloeppel et al. (Kloeppel) 5,454,724 Oct. 3, 1995 (filed Jul. 22, 1994) Claims 1, 6, 8, 9, 11, 26, and 34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon Hishida in view of Schuh. Claim 27 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon Hishida in view of Schuh, further in view of Tanaka. Claim 29 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon Hishida in view of Schuh, further in view of Hoyer-Ellefsen. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007