Appeal No. 2002-0964
Application 09/000,850
compartment in the holder for the next successive step in the
placement process.
The claimed subject matter may be further understood with
reference to the appealed claims appended to appellants’ brief.
The references of record relied upon as evidence of
obviousness are:
Sakurai 5,377,405 Jan. 3, 1995
Terai JP 01328971 May 22, 1990
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 7 through 10, 12, 13, and 22 through 25 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Terai.
Claims 11, 14 through 21, and 26 through 30 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Terai in view of
Sakurai.
For the details with respect to the examiner’s rejections,
reference is made to the examiner’s answer for the full details
thereof.
Reference is also made to the appeal brief and reply brief
for the appellants’ arguments in response thereto.
1 Our understanding of the Japanese document is via the
official PTO translation and the second translation filed by the
appellants.
2
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