Appeal No. 2001-0158 Page 2
Application No. 08/873,250
The prior art
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Iwakiri et al. (Iwakiri) 5,537,325 Jul. 16, 1996
The rejection
Claims 15 to 26, 29, 30 and 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Iwakiri.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the final rejection
(Paper No. 15, mailed September 9, 1999) and answer (Paper No. 18, mailed February
29, 2000) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the
brief (Paper No. 17, filed December 30, 1999) and reply brief (Paper No. 19, filed April
24, 2000) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the
appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art reference, and to the
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