Appeal No. 1998-3356
Application No. 08/391,472
The references relied on by the examiner are:1
Takahashi et al. (Takahashi) 04-3308 Jan. 8,
1992
(published Japanese Kokai Patent Application)
Kyocera 2 04-028010 Jan. 30,
1992
(published Japanese Kokai Patent Application)
Claims 22 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Kyocera in view of Takahashi.
Reference is made to the final rejection (paper number
39), the briefs (paper numbers 42 and 45) and the answer
(paper number 44) for the respective positions of the
appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
The obviousness rejection of claims 22 and 23 is
reversed.
The examiner acknowledges (answer, pages 4 through 6)
that the applied references do not teach that “the edges
1 Copies of the translations of these references are
attached.
2 The inventor of this reference is listed in the
translation as Kazuyoshi Sakasegawa. In order to avoid
confusion in our decision, we will use the name Kyocera that
was used by both appellants and the examiner.
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