Appeal No. 2000-2230 Page 5
Application No. 08/706,767
Claim 30 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Scurrah in view of Tanaka and Seidenberg or
Fukushima as applied above, and further in view of Berger.
Claims 33 and 34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Scurrah in view of Tanaka and
Seidenberg or Fukushima as applied above, and further in view
of Grover.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 37,
mailed March 6, 2000) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 36,
filed January 5, 2000) and reply brief (Paper No. 38, filed
May 4, 2000) for the appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellants' specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
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