Appeal No. 1998-1548 Page 3
Application No. 08/660,304
(Japanese Patent Application)
Admitted prior art (APA), Figures 1-4 and associated
discussion
in the specification.
Claims 1-8, 11-17, 19, and 21-22 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the APA in view of
Oka and Tominaga.
Claims 9-10, 18, and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as unpatentable over the APA, Oka, Tominaga, and
further in view of Kitakata.
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. 10, mailed December 22, 1997) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellants'
brief (Paper No. 9, filed October 16, 1997) for appellants'
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have
carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the
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