Appeal No. 1999-0233 Application No. 08/787,893 from a reading of exemplary claim 2, a copy of which appears in the APPENDIX to the main brief (Paper No. 25). As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the document specified below: Matsumoto et al 5,390,599 Feb. 21, 1995 (Matsumoto) The following rejection is before us for review. Claims 2 through 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Matsumoto. The full text of the examiner’s rejection and response to the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer (Paper No. 26), while the complete statement of appellant’s argument can be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 25, 28, and 35). 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007