Appeal No. 2001-1509
Application No. 08/871,890
with respect to claims 6, 10, 14, 18, and 22, adds Asai
(hereinafter WO ‘796) and Kato to the basic combination with
respect to claims 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19, 20, 23, and 24, and
adds Kato alone to the basic combination with respect to claim
21.2
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs3 and Answer for the
respective details.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal,
the rejection advanced by the Examiner and the evidence of
obviousness relied upon by the Examiner as support for the
rejection. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into
consideration, in reaching our decision, Appellants’ arguments
set forth in the Briefs along with the Examiner’s rationale in
support of the rejection and arguments in rebuttal set forth in
the Examiner’s Answer.
2 Since both Appellants and the Examiner refer to the Sygiyama and Asai
references by document number, we will do so also in this decision to maintain
consistency.
3 The Appeal Brief was filed August 7, 2000 (Paper No. 24). In response
to the Examiner’s Answer dated October 24, 2000 (Paper No. 25), a Reply Brief
was filed December 22, 2000 (Paper No. 27), which was acknowledged and entered
by the Examiner as indicated in the communication dated March 7, 2001 (Paper
No. 29).
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