Appeal No. 1998-0828 Application 08/438,091 7. Claims 7 and 31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Mori in view of Chi and Elliott. 8. Claims 15 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Mori in view of Chi and Nihei. 9. Claims 9 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Mori in view of Chi and Frandsen. 10. Claims 11-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Mori in view of Chi, Frandsen and Imamura. 11. Claims 28 and 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Mori in view of Chi1. Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for the respective details thereof. 1 This rejection was added as a new ground of rejection in the examiner’s answer. -4-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007