Appeal No. 1998-1020 Page 3
Application No. 08/381,423
Miyoshi 4,589,650 May 20,
1986
Barkley 4,696,230 Sep. 29,
1987
Okamura et al. (Okamura) 5,152,222 Oct.
6, 1992
Yamashita 5,152,522 Oct.
6, 1992
References made of record by this panel of the Board are:
Iijima et al. (Iijima patent) 5,619,921 Apr.
15, 19973
Kotterer 3,513,319 Oct. 23,
19864
(German laid open application)
The following rejections are before us for review.5
3This patent issued on Application No. 08/380,155 (discussed by the
appellants on page 5 of Paper No. 26 and on page 19 of the brief), filed
January 30, 1995, which is a continuation of Application No. 08/041,195, filed
April 1, 1993, now abandoned.
4This is the document discussed by the appellants on page 5 of Paper
No. 26 and on page 19 of the brief. An English language translation of this
reference, prepared for the Patent and Trademark Office, is appended hereto.
5The examiner indicated in Paper No. 27 (advisory action mailed August
15, 1996) that the rejection under the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 set
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