Appeal No. 2000-0968 Page 4
Application No. 08/629,484
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
Examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Jonker et al. (Jonker) 5,250,935 Oct. 5, 1993
Moriyasu 5,444,459 Aug. 22, 1995
Appellants’ admitted prior art, pages 1-3.
Claims 1 through 6 and 8 through 21 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Jonker in view of
Moriyasu and the admitted prior art.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the Examiner and Appellants regarding the above-noted rejection,
we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 16, mailed December 6,
1999) for the Examiner’s complete reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 15, filed September 27,
1999) for Appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
At the outset, we note that Appellants indicate that claims
1 through 6 stand or fall together, claims 18 and 19 stand or
fall together and claims 9 through 14 and 17 stand or fall with
one another and with either claim 1 or claim 18. Appellants
further indicate that claims 8, 15, 16, 20 and 21 are separately
argued (brief, pages 5 & 6). We also note that Appellants have,
in the arguments section of the brief, provided separate
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