Appeal No. 1999-2058
Application 08/433,643
Claim 11 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Maayan, Poulsen, and Shiraishi.
Claims 12 and 15-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Maayan, Poulsen, Endo, and
Shiraishi.
We refer to the final rejection (Paper No. 12) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 20) (pages referred to as "EA__") for a complete statement
of the Examiner's position, and to the brief (Paper No. 19)
(pages referred to as "Br__") and reply brief (Paper No. 21)
(pages referred to as "RBr__") for a statement of Appellants'
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
Grouping of claims
Appellants group the claims to stand or fall together as
follows (Br4): (1) claims 1, 11, 13, 15, and 17 stand or fall
together with claim 1; (2) claims 2, 12, 14, 16, and 18 stand
or fall together with claim 2; (3) claims 4 and 7 stand or
fall together with claim 4; (4) claim 5 is separately argued;
and (5) claim 10 is separately argued.
Means-plus-function limitations
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