Appeal No. 2002-0109
Application No. 09/110,221
Claims 1 through 13 and 17 through 20 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Matsuki.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of the
above-noted rejection and the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellants regarding the rejection, we make
reference to the final rejection (Paper No. 10, mailed April 4,
2000) and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 21, mailed May 2,
2001) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the rejection,
and to appellants’ brief (Paper No. 20, filed February 14, 2001)
and reply brief (Paper No. 22, filed July 2, 2001) for the
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellants’ specification and claims, to
the applied prior art Matsuki reference, and to the respective
positions articulated by appellants and the examiner. As a
consequence of our review, we have made the determination that
the examiner’s rejection will not be sustained. Our reasons
follow.
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