Appeal No. 2000-1675
Application No. 08/855,279
Dovek et al. (Dovek) 5,650,887 Jul. 22, 1997
(filed Feb. 26, 1996)
George 5,669,133 Sep. 23, 1997
(filed Nov. 28, 1995)
Claims 1-10 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).
As evidence of obviousness, the Examiner offers Dovek alone with
respect to claims 1-4, Fontana alone with respect to claims 8 and
9, Dovek in view of George with respect to claims 5-7, and
Hamakawa in view of Dovek with respect to claim 10.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs2 and Answer for the
respective details.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal,
the rejection advanced by the Examiner, and the evidence of
obviousness relied upon by the Examiner as support for the
rejection. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into
consideration, in reaching our decision, Appellant’s arguments
2 The Appeal Brief (revised) was filed September 8, 1999 (Paper No. 16).
In response to the Examiner’s Answer dated January 6, 2000 (Paper No. 17), a
Reply Brief was filed March 6, 2000 (Paper No. 19), which was acknowledged and
entered by the Examiner in the communication dated March 17, 2000 (Paper No.
20).
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