Appeal No. 1996-3262 Application No. 08/141,632 CONCLUSION We have sustained the rejection of claims 16 and 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Bohrer et al, and the rejection of claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Nakahata et al when taken with Cole, Olmstead or Miura et al. We have not sustained the following rejections: 1) The rejection of claims 1-3 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Kimoto et al; and 2) The rejection of claims 1-3 and 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Nakahata et al; and 3) The rejection of claims 5, 6 and 9-15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Ohta et al when taken with Nakahata et al and Inada et al; and 4) The rejection of claims 2-3 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kimoto et al or Nakahata et al when taken with Cole or Olmstead, or Miura et al. 29Page: Previous 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007