Appeal No. 1998-0088
Application 08/622,327
This appeal was taken from the October 24, 1996, Office action2
finally rejecting claims 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, and
15-16. We reverse and remand.
. Reasons for the remand
In the final Office action, the foregoing claims were rejected
on the following grounds:3
(a) claim 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph;
(b) claims 10 and 11 under § 112, second paragraph;
(c) claims 15 and 16 under § 102(b) for anticipation by, and
alternatively under § 103 for obviousness over, Fujii et al. (Fujii);
(d) claims 1 and 3 under § 103 for obviousness over Kusunoki et
al. (Kusunoki);
(e) claims 1, 3, and 4 under § 103 for obviousness over
Kusunoki in view of Shinada et al. (Shinada);
(f) claims 7, 8, 10, 11, 15, and 16 under § 103 for obviousness
over Yamauchi et al. (Yamauchi) in view of Fujii; and
2 Paper No. 17.
3 Claims 2 and 17-20 were indicated as allowed, claims 5 and 6
were indicated as objected to for depending from rejected claims, and
claim 9 was indicated as canceled.
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