Appeal No. 1999-1098
Application 08/627,313
Claim 13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being obvious over the admitted prior art, Kusunoki, Seefeldt
and Koike.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants and the
Examiner, we refer the reader to the Appellants' Briefs and 1
Examiner's Answer for the respective details thereof.2
OPINION
With full consideration being given the subject matter on
appeal, the Examiner's rejection and the arguments of
Appellants and the Examiner, for the reasons stated infra, we
will reverse the Examiner's rejection of claims 1-12 under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the combinations of
the admitted prior art, Kusunoki, and Seefeldt.
In rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the Examiner
bears the initial burden of establishing a prima facie case of
1Appellants filed a Brief on August 27, 1997. Appellants
subsequently filed a Reply Brief on November 17, 1997.
2The Examiner, in response to Appellants' Brief, mailed
an Examiner's Answer on October 8, 1997.
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