Appeal No. 2000-0424 Application 08/760,510 The Examiner relies on the following reference: Yasuda et al. (Yasuda) 5,347,712 September 20, 1994 Claims 4 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Yasuda. We refer to the final rejection (Paper No. 12) (pages referred to as "FR__"), the examiner's answer (Paper No. 23) (unnumbered pages have been numbered and are referred to as "EA__"), and the communication (Paper No. 26) (noting entry of the reply brief and clarifying the examiner's answer) for a statement of the Examiner's rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 22) (pages referred to as "Br__") and the reply brief (Paper No. 25) for a statement of Appellant's arguments thereagainst. - 4 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007