Appeal No. 1999-2399 Application 08/705,798 anticipation. The anticipation rejection of claims 12-14, 18, and 19 is reversed. 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Aoyanagi The obviousness rejection of claims 4, 6, 15, and 17 does not cure the deficiencies of the anticipation rejection of claims 1 and 12 over Aoyanagi. The obviousness rejection of claims 4, 6, 15, and 17 is reversed. CONCLUSION The rejections of claims 1, 2, and 4-19 are reversed. REVERSED ERROL A. KRASS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT JERRY SMITH ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND - 17 -Page: Previous 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007