Appeal No. 2001-0129
Application No. 09/035,655
The prior art
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Masuda et al. (Masuda) 4,813,210 Mar. 21,
1989
Siciliano 4,961,735 Oct. 9,
1990
The rejections
Claims 1 through 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, as containing subject matter which is not
described in the specification is such a way as to enable one
skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and/or use the
invention.
Claims 1 through 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Masuda.
Claims 4 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Masuda in view of Siciliano.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper
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