Appeal No. 1999-2012
Application No. 08/801,610
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Gillard 4,864,394 Sep. 5, 1989
Keating et al. (Keating) 5,162,907 Nov. 10,
1992
Takahashi 5,347,309 Sep. 13,
1994
(filing date Apr. 21, 1992)
Claims 2 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as
being anticipated by Gillard.
Claims 5, 6, 9 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Gillard in view of Keating and
Takahashi.
Appellants do not appeal the rejection based on 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph, see brief at page 2 and Examiner’s
answer at page 2. Therefore, this ground of rejection is not
considered in this decision.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants and the
Examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for 2
their respective details thereof.
2A reply brief was filed as Paper No. 25. The Examiner
noted the entry of the reply brief without any further
response. See Paper No. 26.
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