Appeal No. 2002-0643
Application No. 09/100,538
The examiner relies on the following prior art references as
evidence of unpatentability:
Hanson 4,635,073 Jan. 6, 1987
Eldridge et al. 4,791,440 Dec. 13, 1988
(Eldridge)1
Komuro et al. 4,881,318 Nov. 21, 1989
(Komuro)
Braun 4,942,408 Jul. 17, 1990
Fukuda et al. 5,066,964 Nov. 19, 1991
(Fukuda)
Oda et al. 5,552,816 Sep. 3, 1996
(Oda)
The appealed claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as follows:
I. claims 1, 3, 4, 12, 14, 15, 23, 26, and 27 as
unpatentable over Braun, Oda, and Fukuda (answer, page
3);
II. claims 5, 16, 21, and 28 as unpatentable over Braun,
Oda, Fukuda, and Eldridge (id. at page 5);
III. claim 24 as unpatentable over Braun, Oda, Fukuda, and
Komuro (id.); and
1 Eldridge is not listed in the “Prior Art of Record”
section of the answer (examiner’s answer mailed Sep. 12, 2001,
paper 30, pp. 2-3) but is relied upon as evidence in a rejection
(p. 5).
3
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