Appeal No. 1999-0498 Application 08/532,225 IEEE Micro, June 1991, pages 10-13 and 63-73. Claims 1-10, 12 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Shebanow in view of Popescu and further in view of Nguyen. Claims 29, 30 and 34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Popescu in view of Nguyen. Claims 31-33, 35 and 36 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Popescu in view of Nguyen and further in view of Shebanow. Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the examiner, we make reference to the brief 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 brief along with the examiner’s rationale in support of the rejections and arguments in rebuttal set forth in the examiner’s answer. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007