Appeal No. 1999-1893 Application No. 08/192,306 The references relied on by the examiner are: Wernikoff et al. (Wernikoff) 3,751,582 Aug. 7, 1973 Walter et al. (Walter) 4,513,390 Apr. 23, 1985 Keller et al. (Keller) 4,688,106 Aug. 18, 1987 Sato et al. (Sato) 4,887,165 Dec. 12, 1989 Sakata et al. (Sakata '114) 5,016,114 May 14, 1991 Sakata et al. (Sakata '284) 5,105,284 Apr. 14, 1992 Nakajima 61-221820 Oct. 2, 1986 (Japanese Patent Application) Kawamura et al. (Kawamura) 0 390 421 Oct. 3, 1990 (European Patent Application) Claims 48 through 53 and 55 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Sato in view of Sakata ‘114 or Sakata ‘284, Walter, Nakajima or Keller and Kawamura. Claim 54 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the references applied with respect to claims 48 through 53 and 55 in further view of Wernikoff. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007