Appeal No. 1999-0884
Application No. 08/464,577
U.S. Patent No. 5,028,986, filed Dec. 23, 1988)
Otaka1 JP 61-80842 Apr. 24, 1986
Claims 6-9, 24-28, 30, 32-35 and 37-43 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Sugano in
view of Kitano. Claim 29 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Sugano, Kitano, and Takahashi.
Claim 31 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Sugano,
Kitano, and Kuraishi. Claim 36 stands rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Sugano, Kitano, and Otaka.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants or the
Examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for
the details thereof.
OPINION
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 6-9 and 24-43
under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
A copy of the translation provided by the U.S. Patent and Trademark1
Office on March 26, 2001, is included and relied upon in this decision.
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