Appeal No. 1998-1083
Application 08/402,606
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Engelberger et al. (Engelberger) 4,132,937 January 2,
1979
Ishiguro et al. (Ishiguro) 4,967,127 October 30,
1990
Furukawa 5,418,441 May 23,
1995
(§ 102(e) date August 24,
1992)
Claims 1-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Ishiguro and Furukawa.
Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Ishiguro and Engelberger.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 5) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the Examiner's Answer (Paper
No. 9) (pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the
Examiner's position and to the Appeal Brief (Paper No. 8)
(pages referred to as "Br__") for a statement of Appellant's
arguments thereagainst.
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