Appeal No. 1998-2484 Page 3
Application No. 08/212,819
Yamaoka et al. (Yamaoka) 56-44313 Apr.
23, 1981
(Japanese Patent)
Claims 2-4, 6, and 8-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over JP’313 in view of Sweeny and
Bawa.
Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over JP’313 in view of Sweeny, Bawa, and further
in view of Hama.
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. 22, mailed September 22, 1997) for the examiner’s complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellant’s
brief (Paper No. 21, filed July 30, 1997) and reply brief
(Paper No. 23, filed November 28, 1997) for the appellants’
arguments thereagainst. Only those arguments actually made by
the appellants have been considered in this decision.
Arguments which the appellants could have made but chose not
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