Appeal No. 1998-0876
Application 08/269,703
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The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Unno 4,893,237 January 9,
1990
Norwood 5,063,600 November 5, 1991
Fujita et al. (Fujita) 5,122,787 June 16, 1992
Vassigh et al. (Vassigh) 5,297,030 March 22,
1994
Fukatsu 5,302,811 April 12, 1994
Claims 1, 2, and 4-6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by Vassigh.
Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Vassigh and Fujita.
Claims 7-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Vassigh and Fukatsu.
Claim 14 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Vassigh and Fukatsu, as applied in the
rejection of claim 8, further in view of Norwood.
Claims 15 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Vassigh and Fukatsu, as applied in
the rejection of claims 7 and 8, further in view of Unno.
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