Appeal No. 2000-1517
Application 08/850,470
The references relied on by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Whalley et al. (Whalley) 5,037,779 Aug. 6,
1991
Yamaguchi 5,604,372 Feb. 18,
1997
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Whalley in view of
Yamaguchi.
Attention is directed to the appellants’ brief (Paper No.
15) and to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 16) for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner with
regard to the merits of this rejection.3
DISCUSSION
3In the final rejection (Paper No. 10), claims 1 through
7 also stood rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph,
as being indefinite. The examiner has since withdrawn this
rejection as a result of the amendment of claim 1 subsequent
to final rejection (see the advisory action dated September
15, 1999, Paper No. 13).
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