Appeal No. 2001-1794
Application No. 08/882,787
7, respective copies of which appear in the APPENDIX to the brief
(Paper No. 25).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
Ames-Ooten et al. 5,575,784 Nov. 19, 1996
(Ames-Ooten) (filed Nov. 2, 1995)
Toyoda et al. 5,807,371 Sep. 15, 1998
(Toyoda) (filed Mar. 5, 1996)
Hayase et al. 623,330 A2 Nov. 9, 1994
(Hayase)(Kao)1 European Patent Application
Nagai S58-2908 Feb. 12, 1983
(Japan)2
The following rejection is the sole rejection before us for
review. 3
1
1 For consistency with the examiner’s terminology, we shall
continue to refer to this document as Kao.
2
2 Our understanding of this document is derived from a
reading of a very limited translation thereof. A copy of the
translation is appended to this opinion.
3
3 As discerned from the answer (page 2), all non-prior art
final rejections have been withdrawn.
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