Appeal No. 2000-1638
Application No. 08/829,699
Yamamoto et al. (Yamamoto) 2-161290 Jun. 21, 19902
(Japanese patent publication)
The following rejections are before us for review.
(1) Claims 1, 3, 6-22 and 24-30 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Yamamoto in view
of Asaumi.
(2) Claim 23 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Yamamoto in view of Asaumi, as applied
to claim 1, and further in view of Schmidt.
Reference is made to the brief (Paper No. 10) and the
first Office action and answer (Paper Nos. 5 and 12) for the
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner with
regard to the merits of these rejections.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellant's specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the
English language translations of the Asaumi and Yamamoto references,2
prepared by the Patent and Trademark Office, are appended hereto.
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