Appeal No. 1998-1069 Application No. 08/259,575 Bergonzoni 4,997,782 Mar. 5, 1991 Yamane et al. (Yamane) 5,036,019 Jul. 30, 1991 Ichikawa 5,399,514 Mar. 21, 1995 (filed Apr. 22, 1991) Claims 54 and 56-61 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Schwabe, Bergonzoni, Hsu, Ichikawa and Yamane.2 Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the Examiner, reference is made to the Brief, the Examiner's 3 2At page 4 of the Examiner's Answer, the Examiner withdrew the final rejection of claims 54-61 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph and second paragraph, and the rejection of claim 58 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, fourth paragraph. 3The Brief was received October 16, 1996 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007