Appeal No. 1998-2556 Application 08/571,044 2. Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) as being anticipated by the disclosure of Grotz. 3. Claims 16, 17, 21 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Grotz taken alone. 4. Claims 3, 11, 13, 18 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Grotz in view of Zdepski. 5. Claims 6 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Grotz in view of Stott. 6. Claim 7 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Grotz in view of Ishii. Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for the respective details thereof. OPINION We have carefully considered the subject matter on -3-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007