Appeal No. 1998-1850
Application No. 08/596,613
Doan et al. (Doan) 4,936,950 Jun. 26, 1990
Davis et al. (Davis) 5,164,330 Nov. 17, 1992
Yu et al. (Yu) 5,244,534 Sep. 14, 1993
Havemann 5,482,894 Jan. 9, 1996
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Tsunohara 6-140358 May 20, 1994
(published Japanese Patent Application)2
Appellants’ admitted prior art (the APA)
Claims 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 22-24, 40, 44, and 45 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Havemann and Tsunohara.
Claim 12 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Havemann, Tsunohara, and Sheng.
Claims 3, 4, 9, 41, and 42 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Havemann, Tsunohara, and the APA.
Claims 15 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Havemann, Tsunohara, and Doan.
Claims 15 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Havemann, Tsunohara, and Davis.
Claims 15 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Havemann, Tsunohara, and Yu.
1The examiner and appellants refer to the document as “Japan ‘358.”
2 With English translation provided by the USPTO translation branch, dated Jan. 1997.
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