Appeal No. 2000-0588 Page 3
Application No. 08/824,110
Claims 3-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Wingate in view of Hughes and Rose.
Claims 12 and 15-17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Wingate in view of Nakajima.
Claims 6-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Wingate.
Claims 10 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Wingate in view of Hughes.
Claims 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Wingate in view of Nakajima and Rose.
Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Wingate in view of Hughes and Sirota.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the final
rejection and answer (Paper Nos. 5 and 10) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections and to the brief (Paper No. 9) for the appellants’ arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
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