Appeal No. 1998-1796
Application No. 08/408,154
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Kamaike 4,554,999 Nov. 26,
1985
Sun et al. (Sun) 5,359,308 Oct. 25,
1994
(filed Oct. 27, 1993)
Claims 1-21 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over the combination of Kamaike and Sun.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs and Answer for the 1
respective details.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejection advanced by the Examiner, the arguments
in support of the rejection and the evidence of obviousness
relied upon by the Examiner as support for the rejection. We
have, likewise, reviewed and taken into consideration, in
1The Appeal Brief was filed September 24, 1997. In
response to the Examiner’s Answer dated October 29, 1997, a
Reply Brief was filed December 24, 1997 which was acknowledged
and entered by the Examiner without further comment as
indicated in the communication dated January 15, 1998.
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