Appeal No. 2000-0335
Application No. 08/780,551 Page 3
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Kotz 3,816,840 Jun. 11, 1974
Fujii et al. (Fujii) 4,491,855 Jan. 1, 1985
Claims 1, 5, 7, 10, 13-19, and 21-26 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Fujii.
Claims 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as unpatentable over Fujii in view of Kotz.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellants regarding the above-noted rejections,
we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 14, mailed
June 7, 1999) and the final rejection2 (Paper No. 9, mailed
October 26, 1998) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to appellants' brief (Paper No.
13, filed March 22, 1999) and reply brief (Paper No. 15, filed
August 9, 1999) for appellants' arguments thereagainst. Only
those arguments actually made by appellants have been considered
in this decision. Arguments which appellants could have made but
chose not to make in the brief have not been considered. See 37
CFR 1.192(a).
2 Incorporated by reference into the examiner's answer (answer, page 3).
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