Appeal No. 1999-1131
Application No. 08/754,758
§ 103(a) as being obvious over Michael and Takeda. Claims 4,
5, 7, 8 and 10-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being obvious over Michael, Takeda and Murai. Claim 18 stands
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being obvious over
Michael and Werther. Rather than repeat the arguments of
Appellants and the Examiner, we refer the reader to the
Appellants' Briefs1 and Examiner's Answer2 for the respective
details thereof.
OPINION
With full consideration being given the subject matter on
appeal, the Examiner's rejection and the arguments of
Appellants and the Examiner, for the reasons stated infra, we
will reverse the Examiner's rejection of claims 1-18 under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over combinations of
Michael, Murai, Takeda and Werther.
1Appellants filed an Appeal Brief on September 10, 1998.
Appellants subsequently filed a Reply Brief on December 28,
1998.
2The Examiner, in response to Appellants' Brief, filed an
Examiner's Answer on October 26, 1998.
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