Appeal No. 1998-2675
Application 08/779,024
Claims 3 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Eguchi and Chaplin, as applied in the
rejection of claim 1, further in view of Rose.
Claims 5 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Eguchi and Chaplin, as applied in the
rejection of claim 1, further in view of Gotoda.
Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Eguchi and Chaplin, as applied in the
rejection of claim 1, further in view of Nelson.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 17) and the
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 22) (pages referred to as "EA__")
for a statement of the Examiner's position and to the Appeal
Brief (Paper No. 21) (pages referred to as "Br__") for a
statement of Appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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