Appeal No. 1999-0134 Application 08/590,695 7. Claim 26 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Aihara in view of Mannle and further in view of Millman. 8. Claims 19 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Aihara in view of Mannle and further in view of Fukui. Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the examiner, we make reference to the briefs 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 briefs along with the examiner’s rationale in support of the rejections and arguments in rebuttal set forth in the examiner’s answer. It is our view, after consideration of the record before us, that the evidence relied upon and the level of skill in the particular art would not have suggested to one of -4-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007