Appeal No. 2000-1766
Application No. 09/095,029
The references
The following references were relied on by the examiner in
support of the rejection.
Cooper 2,872,048 Feb. 3, 1959
Felde et al. (Felde) 5,537,268 July 16, 1996
Yoshie (JP’907)1 61-150907 July 9, 1986
The rejections
Claims 1, 2, 5 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Cooper.
Claims 1 through 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Yoshie in view of Felde.
Rather than reiterate the entire arguments of the appellant
and examiner in support of their respective positions, reference is
made to the brief and the reply brief and the answer for the full
exposition thereof.
Opinion
In reaching our conclusions on the issues raised in this
appeal, we have carefully considered appellant’s specification and
claims, the applied references, and the respective viewpoints
1 A translation of this document is attached to this
decision.
2
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