Appeal No. 1998-0893
Application No. 08/196,440
Suzuki 5,270,830 Dec. 14,
1993
(filed Aug. 10, 1990)
Published unexamined patent application
Isaka (Japan) 62-133520 2 Jun. 16, 1987
Claims 6 through 8 and 10 through 13 stand rejected under 3
35 U.S.C. § 103 over Coons and Isaka, while claim 9 stands
rejected over Coons, Isaka and Suzuki.
Rather than repeat in toto the positions and the
arguments of appellants or the examiner, we make reference to
the briefs and the answer for their respective positions.4
2An English translation of this Japanese unpublished
patent application obtained by the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office is enclosed.
3Claim 13 incorporates claim 9. Therefore, the rejection
of claim 13 must necessarily contain at least the same
references as claim 9, and not fewer as the rejection states.
However, for this decision, we do not reach that issue.
4A reply brief was filed as Paper No. 17. The examiner
approved its entry without mailing any further response to the
reply brief, Paper No. 19.
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