Appeal No. 2002-1885 Page 3
Application No. 08/966,453
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Suzuki 4,722,064 Jan. 26, 1988
Appellant’s Admitted Prior Art (of Figure 2)
Claims 1-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Suzuki in view of the admitted prior art of
figure 2.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellant regarding the above-noted rejection,
we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 29, mailed
October 2, 2001) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support
of the rejection, and to appellant's brief (Paper No. 28, filed
June 19, 2001) for appellant's arguments thereagainst. Only
those arguments actually made by appellant have been considered
in this decision. Arguments which appellant could have made but
chose not to make in the brief have not been considered. See 37
CFR 1.192(a).
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have carefully
considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejection advanced
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