Appeal No. 2001-0962 Page 2
Application No. 07/687,276
p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the
appendix to the appellants’ brief.
The prior art
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Sanchez-Frank et al. (Sanchez-Frank) 5,394,522 Feb. 28, 1995
filing date (Dec. 10, 1990)
The rejections
Claims 1 to 3, 6 to 11 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Sanchez-Frank.1
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 23) for
the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections,
and to the brief (Paper No. 22) for the appellants’ arguments
thereagainst.
1 The examiner’s rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph has been resolved by an amendment after final (see
answer at page 2).
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