Appeal No. 2000-0723 Application 08/852,415 Yoshio et al. (Yoshio) 5,446,714 Aug. 29, 1995 Lee et al. (Lee) 5,561,649 Oct. 01, 1996 The following rejections are on appeal before us: 1. Claims 1-3 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Hatakenaka and Yamauchi. 2. Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Hatakenaka, Yamauchi and Yoshio. 3. Claims 8-14, 16-24, 26 and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Allen and Lee. 4. Claims 15 and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Allen, Lee, Duffield and Shinbo. Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for the respective details thereof. OPINION -3-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007