Appeal No. 1999-0349
Application 08/621,379
Wood et al. (Wood) 5,231,379 Jul. 27,
1993
L’Her et al. (L’Her) 5,352,528 Oct. 4,
1994
Hashimoto et al. (Hashimoto) 5,510,913 Apr. 23,
1996
(filed July 20, 1993)
Claims 2-4, 6-14, and 16-20 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Hashimoto in view of L’Her
and Wood.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the examiner’s answer (Paper
No. 16, mailed August 26, 1998) for the examiner’s complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellants’
brief (Paper No. 15, filed July 22, 1998) for the appellants’
arguments thereagainst. Only those arguments actually made by
the appellants have been considered in this decision.
Arguments which the appellants could have made but chose not
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