Appeal No. 1998-2183 Application No. 08/529,195 Claims 15 and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Sudo in view of Cloyd. Claims 17, 18, and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Sudo in view of Meyer. Claims 19 through 23 and 28 through 30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Sudo in view of Onohara. The full text of the examiner's rejections and response to the argument presented by appellants appears in the answer (Paper No. 23), while the complete statement of appellants' argument can be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 22 and 24). OPINION In reaching our conclusion on the issues raised in this appeal, this panel of the board has carefully considered 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007