Appeal No. 2002-2185
Application 08/976,361
derived from a reading of exemplary claims 12 and 25, respective
copies of which are appended to the main brief (Paper No. 34).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:1
Johansson et al 5,229,068 Jul. 20, 1993
(Johansson)
Nishino 4-357494 Dec. 10, 1992
(Japan)(Japan ‘494)
Hatamiya et al 5-157867 Jun. 25, 1993
(Japan)(Japan ‘867)
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 12, 14, 20, 23 through 25, 27, 31, and 34 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as lacking
descriptive support in the original disclosure.
1 Our understanding of the Japanese documents is derived
from a reading of translations thereof prepared in the United
States Patent and Trademark Office. Copies of the respective
translations are appended to this opinion.
2
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