Appeal No. 1998-2826
Application No. 08/598,687
Chikama 4,601,283 Jul. 22, 1986
McCoy 4,944,727 Jul. 31, 1990
Claims 3 through 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Chikama in view of McCoy.2
The full text of the examiner's rejection and the
responses to the arguments presented by appellant appear in
the final rejection (Paper No. 6, mailed July 9, 1997) and the
answer (Paper No. 12, mailed March 16, 1998), while the
complete statement of appellant’s arguments can be found in
the brief (Paper No. 10, filed February 9, 1998).
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellant’s specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
The rejection of claims 3 through 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second2
paragraph, made in the final rejection has been withdrawn. See Paper No. 9.
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