Appeal No. 1999-2099
Application No. 08/475,627
following grounds:2
(1) Claims 1, 4 to 9 and 14, anticipated by AAPA under 35
U.S.C.102(b);3
(2) Claims 1 to 12, 14 to 16 and 18 to 22, unpatentable over
AAPA in view of Groenteman, Kawamura, Dietrich or Lobiondo,
under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a);
(3) Claims 13 and 17, unpatentable over AAPA in view of
Groenteman, Kawamura, Dietrich or Lobiondo, further in view of
Hemming or Nagai, under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).
Rejection(1)
2The examiner also rejected claims 1 to 22 under § 112,
second paragraph, and claims 4, 6 and 7 under § 112, first
paragraph. Both rejections are deemed withdrawn, since (1)
the examiner states on page 8 of the answer that the
rejections of "claims 4-7" under § 112, first and second
paragraphs are withdrawn, and (2) the rejection of claims 1 to
22 is not repeated in the examiner's answer. Ex parte Emm,
118 USPQ 180 (Board of Appeals 1957).
3A rejection of claims 2 and 3 on this ground in the
final rejection is withdrawn on page 10 of the examiner's
answer.
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