Ex parte UNTERFORSTHUBER et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 2000-0201                                                        
          Application No. 08/691,330                                                  


          be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1, 3, and 4,                  
          respective copies of which appear in “APPENDIX A” of the main               
          brief (Paper No. 20).                                                       

               As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the               
          documents listed below:                                                     

          Okubo               5,369,585                     Nov. 29, 1994             
          Yoshino             5,378,052                     Jan. 03, 1995             

               The following rejection is before us for review.                       

               Claims 1 through 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                    
          103(a) as being unpatentable over Yoshino in view of Okubo.                 

               The full text of the examiner’s rejection and response to              
          the argument presented by appellants appears in the final                   
          rejection and the answer (Paper Nos. 15 and 21), while the                  
          complete statement of appellants’ argument can be found in the              
          main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 20 and 22).                               






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