Appeal No. 1999-1835
Application No. 08/654,976
Nakamura 2-310108 Dec. 25, 1990
(JP '108)(published
JP patent document)
Hamazaki 3-169723 Jul. 23, 1991
(JP '723)(published
JP patent document)
Ito 5-169917 Jul. 9, 1993
(JP '917)(published
JP patent document)
The claims on appeal stand rejected as follows:2
I. claim 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by
Yamaguchi (examiner's answer, pages 4-6);
II. claim 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over
the combined teachings of Yamaguchi and JP '723 (id. at pages 7-
8);
III. claims 5 through 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over the combined teachings of Yamaguchi and Benson
(id. at pages 8-11);
IV. claim 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over
the combined teachings of Yamaguchi, Benson, and JP '723 (id, at
pages 11-12);
V. claims 13 and 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over the combined teachings of JP '108, JP '712,
and Yamaguchi (id. at pages 12-14); and
2 The rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, of
claims 8, 10, and 13 through 18 as set out in the final Office
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