Appeal No. 2003-0583
Application No. 09/270,688
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Yanagida 5,088,864 Feb. 18, 1992
Sundman 5,449,256 Sep. 12, 1995
Garuet-Lempirou 5,712,803 Jan. 27, 1998
Rejections at Issue
Claim 13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being
anticipated by Yanagida.
Claims 1, 4 and 6-29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Sundman and Garuet-Lempirou.
Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Sundman and Garuet-Lempirou and further in view
of Appellants' prior art.1
Throughout the opinion, we make reference to the briefs2 and
the answer for the respective details thereof.
1 We note that the rejection of claims 1, 7-16 and 20-29
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over White and Sundman has
been withdrawn by the Examiner. See page 3 of the Examiner's
answer. Furthermore, the rejection of claims 1, 3, 4 and 6 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over White and Sundman and
further in view of admitted prior art has also been withdrawn by
the Examiner. See page 3 of the Examiner's answer.
2 Appellants filed an appeal brief on June 24, 2002.
Appellants filed a reply brief on November 4, 2002. The Examiner
mailed out an Office communication on December 3, 2002, stating
that the reply has been entered into the record.
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