Appeal No. 1998-2459 Page 3
Application No. 08/566,340
Claims 1 and 4-7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Broerman. Claims 5-6 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over
Broerman and Park. Claims 8, 9, and 11-13 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Broerman and
Noguchi.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 10, mailed December 16, 1997) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellant's
brief (Paper No. 9, filed June 30, 1997) and reply brief
(Paper No. 12, filed January 16, 1998) for appellant's
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
briefs have not been considered. See 37 CFR § 1.192(a).
OPINION
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