Appeal No. 1998-3127
Application No. 08/703,418
Claims 1-3 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Nishimura in view of Leeder. Claim
4 stands finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Nishimura in view of Leeder, Goldmacher, and
Murao.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs and Answer for the 1
respective details.
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, Appellant’s
arguments set forth in the Briefs along with the Examiner’s
rationale in support of the rejection and arguments in
rebuttal set forth in the Examiner’s Answer.
1The Appeal Brief was filed January 5, 1998. In response
to the Examiner’s Answer dated March 16, 1998, a Reply Brief
was filed April 21, 1998, which was acknowledged and entered
by the Examiner without further comment in the communication
dated May 29, 1998.
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