Appeal No. 2001-0344
Application 08/900,254
THE REJECTIONS
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:
Claims 1 through 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as unpatentable over
Yamamoto in view of either Meyer or Narou and Norton.
Respecting the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a), the question presented is
whether the examiner established a prima facie case of obviousness.
On this record, applicants do not rely on any rebuttal evidence, i.e., objective
evidence of non-obviousness, which would serve to rebut a prima facie case.
DELIBERATIONS
Our deliberations in this matter have included evaluation and review of the
instant specification and the entire prosecution history, including all of the claims on
appeal; applicants' Appeal Brief (Paper No. 21); the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 22);
the Reply to Examiner’s Answer (Paper No. 25); and the above-listed prior art
references.
DISPOSITION
On consideration of the record, including the above-listed materials, we affirm the
examiner's prior art rejection.
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