Appeal No. 1997-3684
Application No. 08/468,010
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Schaub 4,664,696 May 12, 1987
Iwasaki et al. (Iwasaki) 4,888,049 Dec. 19, 1989
European Patent Application
Reinecke et al. (Reinecke)1 0,237,764 A3 Sep. 23, 1987
GROUND OF REJECTION
Claims 1-9 and 11-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the combination of Schaub, Reinecke and Iwasaki.
We reverse.
DISCUSSION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we considered appellant’s
specification and claims, in addition to the respective positions articulated by the
appellant and the examiner. We make reference to the examiner’s Answer2 for the
examiner’s reasoning in support of the rejection. We further reference appellant’s
Brief3, and appellants’ Reply Brief4 for the appellants’ arguments in favor of
patentability. We note that the examiner entered the Reply Brief without comment5.
1 We note that the examiner provided appellant with an English translation of this
reference. See Answer, page 2, n. 1.
2 Paper No. 10, mailed May 15, 1997.
3 Paper No. 9, received January 21, 1997.
4 Paper No. 11, received June 25, 1997.
5 Paper No. 12, mailed July 30, 1997.
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