Appeal No. 1999-2047
Application No. 08/837,350
which appears in the APPENDIX to the brief (Paper No. 14).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
Takagi et al. 5,325,893 Jul. 5,
1994
(Takagi)
Kijima et al. HEI 6-[1994]286053 Oct. 11, 1994
(Kijima)(Japanese Kokai Patent Application)1
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 1 and 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Takagi.
Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Takagi in view of Kijima.
The full text of the examiner’s rejections and response
to the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer
1Our understanding of this document is derived from a
reading of a translation thereof prepared for the United
States Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the translation
is appended to this opinion.
2
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