Appeal No. 1999-0264
Application No. 08/573,582
(filed Oct. 5,
1994)
Claim 1, 6, 10, 13, 14, 23, and 27 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Nakajima, Saldanha,
Kobayashi, Director, and Purvis. Claim 5 stands rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Nakajima,
Saldanha, Kobayashi, Director, Purvis, and Ottesen.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants or the
Examiner, we make reference to the Briefs and the Answer for
the details thereof.
OPINION
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 1, 5, 6, 10,
13, 14, 23, and 27 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
It is the burden of the Examiner to establish why one
having ordinary skill in the art would have been led to the
claimed invention by the express teachings or suggestions
found
in the prior art, or by implications contained in such
teachings or suggestions. In re Sernaker, 702 F.2d 989, 995,
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