Appeal No. 2001-1454
Application No. 08/412,118
The following rejections are on appeal before us1:
1. Claims 18, 24, 26, 30, 35 and 37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the teachings of Plummer in view of Fry ’848.
2. Claims 19-21, 23 and 36 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the teachings of Plummer in view of Fry ’848 and Fry ’428.
3. Claims 27, 29, 31, 33 and 34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the teachings of Plummer in view of Fry ’848 and further in view of
Kosugi.
4. Claims 28 and 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over the teachings of Plummer in view of Fry ’848 and Fry ’428 and further in view of
Kosugi.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the examiner, we make
reference to the briefs and the answer for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejections
advanced by the examiner and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by the
examiner as support for the rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into
1 The rejection of the claims under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, made in the
final rejection was not repeated in the examiner’s answer and is presumed to have
been withdrawn based on the amendment filed after the final rejection.
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