Appeal No. 1997-4034
Application No. 08/260,269
Yamada 5,293,274 Mar. 08,
1994
Claims 1, 2, and 11 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Yoshioka.
Claims 3 through 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable. As evidence of obviousness the
examiner offers Yoshioka in view of Yamada, with the addition
of Shimizu for claim 7 and the addition of Shimizu considered
with "official notice" for claims 8 and 9.
Claims 10 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Yoshioka in view of Kanota.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 11,
mailed April 15, 1996) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejections, and to appellant's Brief (Paper
No. 10, filed February 21, 1996) and Reply Brief (Paper No.
12, filed June 13, 1996) for appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the claims, the applied
prior art references, and the respective positions articulated
by appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of our
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