Appeal No. 2000-2067 Application No. 08/859,278 Hirota 5,177,623 Jan. 05, 1993 Cohen-Skalli et al. 5,235,674 Aug. 10, 1993 (Cohen-Skalli) Kajitani et al. 5,572,337 Nov. 05, 1996 (Kajitani) Rejections at Issue Claims 1, 2, 4, 7 through 17 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Cohen-Skalli, Kawamata and Hirota. Claims 3 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Cohen-Skalli, Kawamata, Hirota, Miller and Kajitani. Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Cohen-Skalli, Kawamata, Hirota and Enoki. Claims 18, 19, 21 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Cohen-Skalli and Hirota. Claim 23 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Cohen- Skalli and Kawamata. Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants or the Examiner, we make reference to the Brief1 and the Answer for the respective details thereof. 1 1 Appellants filed an Appeal Brief on March 17, 2000. In response to an order for compliance, Appellants filed a supplement to the Appeal Brief on February 21, 2002. 33Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007