Appeal No. 1999-2240
Application 08/909,349
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Satoh et al. (Satoh) 5,428,597 June 27, 1995
(filed January 12, 1994)
Best et al. (Best) 5,513,170 April 30, 1996
(effective filing date June 4, 1991)
Claims 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, and 21
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, based
on a lack of written description.
Claims 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, and 21
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Best and Satoh.
We refer to the Office action (Paper No. 16), the final
rejection (Paper No. 21), and the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 26) (pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the
Examiner's position, and to the brief (Paper No. 25) (pages
referred to as "Br__") and the reply brief (Paper No. 27)
(pages referred to as "RBr__") for a statement of
Appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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