Ex parte STRAUCH et al. - Page 3




          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 along                







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