Appeal No. 2001-2194
Application No. 08/995,722
which appear in the “APPENDIX OF CLAIMS” of the brief (Paper No.
16).
As evidence of anticipation and obviousness, the examiner
has applied the documents listed below:
Bliven et al 5,692,400 Dec. 2, 1997
(Bliven) (filed Mar. 25, 1996)
Yanagisawa et al 5,805,412 Sep. 8, 1998
(Yanagisawa) (filed Oct. 31, 1996)
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 1 through 3, 12, and 13 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Bliven.
Claims 4, 6, and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Bliven in view of Yanagisawa.
The full text of the examiner’s rejections and response to
the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer (Paper
No. 17), while the complete statement of appellant’s argument can
be found in the brief (Paper No. 16).
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