Appeal No. 1999-0405
Application No. 08/651,571
Claim 19 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Mordue in view of Hattori.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejections and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellants
regarding the rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 11, mailed May 28, 1998) for the reasoning
in support of the rejections, and to appellants’ brief (Paper
No. 10, filed February 23, 1998) and reply brief (Paper No.
13, filed July 28, 1998) for the arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellants’ specification and claims,
to the applied prior art references, and to the respective
positions articulated by appellants and the examiner. As a
consequence of our review, we have made the determinations
which follow.
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