Appeal No. 2002-1627
Application No. 09/132,450
Claims 1-8 and 10-15, all of the appealed claims, stand
finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over,
in the alternative, Ichikawa or Yamakita.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Brief (Paper No. 11) and the
Answer (Paper No. 14) for the respective details.1
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
consideration, in reaching our decision, Appellant’s arguments set
forth in the Brief along with the Examiner’s rationale in support
of the rejections and arguments in rebuttal set forth in the
Examiner’s Answer.
With respect to the Examiner’s 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of
claims 1-8 and 10-15 based on Ichikawa and the 35 U.S.C. § 103
rejection of claims 1-7 based on Yamakita, it is our view that the
evidence relied upon and the level of skill in the particular art
would not have suggested to one of ordinary skill in the art the
1 In response to Notification of Non-Compliance, Appellant filed (Paper
No. 13) a corrected appendix containing a correct copy of the appealed claims.
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