Appeal No. 1998-2572
Application 08/342,671
The examiner relies on the following references:
Ishii 4,789,854 Dec. 06, 1988
Wakeland 5,254,984 Oct. 19, 1993
Urbanus 5,255,100 Oct. 19, 1993
Claims 1-11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the teachings of Urbanus in view of
Wakeland. Claim 1 also stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 1031
as being unpatentable over the teachings of Urbanus in view of
Ishii.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the
examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejections advanced by the examiner and the
evidence of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support
for the rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken
into consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellants’
arguments set forth in the brief along with the examiner’s
1Although appellants respond to this rejection as if it
applies to claims 1-11, the answer and the final rejection
both list claim 1 as the only claim subject to this rejection.
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