Appeal No. 1999-2281
Application No. 08/621,521
Claims 1, 4 through 8, 11, 12, 17 through 20, 22, 26, and
28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Matsuura in view of Gill.1
Reference is made to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 14,
mailed December 10, 1997) and the Examiner's Answer (Paper
No. 22, mailed September, 14, 1998) for the examiner's
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellants'
Brief (Paper No. 19, filed April 20, 1998) and Reply Brief
(Paper No. 23, filed October 26, 1998) for appellants'
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the claims, the applied
prior art references, and the respective positions articulated
by appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of our
review, we will affirm the anticipation rejection of claims 1,
4, 11, 12, 20, 22, and 28, affirm the obviousness rejection of
claims 1, 4, 7, 11, 12, 17, 20, 22, and 28, and reverse the
obviousness rejections of claims 5, 6, 8, 18, 19, and 26.
We note that the examiner states on page 2 of the Answer that the1
amendments after the Final Rejection have overcome the rejection of claims 20,
22, and 26 under 35 USC § 112, second paragraph. Accordingly, this rejection
is considered withdrawn.
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