Appeal No. 2002-2092
Application 09/328,467
Claims 5 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Yamaguchi in view of Passaniti.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejections and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellants
regarding those rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 18, mailed March 12, 2002) for the reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to appellants’ brief (Paper No.
17, filed January 4, 2002) and reply brief (Paper No. 20, filed
May 31, 2002) for the arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellants’ specification and claims, to
the applied prior art references, and to the respective positions
articulated by appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we have made the determinations which follow.
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