Appeal No. 2000-2293
Application No. 08/685,162
The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting
the claims:
Sasaki2 61-94262 May 13, 1986
Kawamura et al. (Kawamura) 5,737,293 Apr. 7, 1998
(filed Sep. 19, 1995)
Claims 1-32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Sasaki in view of Kawamura.
Rather than reiterate the viewpoints of the Examiner and
Appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference
to the answer (Paper No. 19, mailed March 17, 2000) for the
Examiner’s reasoning, and to the appeal brief (Paper No. 18,
filed February 2, 2000) and the reply brief (Paper No. 20, filed
May 19, 2000) for Appellant’s arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
Appellant argues that one skilled in the art would not be
motivated to combine Sasaki and Kawamura since the references
solve separate problems which are also different from the one
solved by Appellant (brief, page 7). Appellant further points
out that Sasaki’s disk table is connected by a fulcrum shaft to a
supporter and rotates around the shaft when extended out in order
2 Translation of this Japanese Kokai reference (provided by Schreiber
Translations, Inc.) is relied upon and accompanies this decision.
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