Appeal No. 1998-1231 Page 3 Application No. 08/729,835 Claims 1-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Yoshida. Claims 6-11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Yoshida. Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 19, mailed November 19, 1997) for the examiner’s complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellants’ brief (Paper No. 18, filed October 14, 1997) for appellants’ arguments thereagainst. Only those arguments actually made by appellants have been considered in this decision. Arguments which appellants could have made but chose not to make in the brief have not been considered. See 37 CFR § 1.192(a). OPINION In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, and the rejections advanced by the examiner. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into consideration, in reaching our decision, appellants’ arguments set forth in the brief alongPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007