Appeal No. 1998-2569
Application No. 08/517,132
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Susman 5,261,041 Nov. 09,
1993
Hamada et al. (Hamada) 5,596,695 Jan. 21,
1997
(filed Jul. 13, 1992)
Claims 1-11 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102
as being anticipated by Susman. In a separate rejection,
claims
1-16 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Susman in view of Hamada.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants 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 rejections advanced by the Examiner and the
1The Appeal Brief was filed February 26, 1998. In
response to the Examiner’s Answer dated April 9, 1998, a Reply
Brief was filed June 9, 1998, which was acknowledged and
entered by the Examiner without further comment in the
communication dated July 13, 1998.
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