Appeal No. 2003-0766
Application No. 09/266,325
The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting
the claims:
Niwa et al. (Niwa) 5,671,366 Sep. 23, 1997
Stein 5,684,952 Nov. 4, 1997
Nguyen et al. (Nguyen) 5,887,163 Mar. 23, 1999
(filed Apr. 4, 1997)
Lister et al. (Lister) 5,966,540 Oct. 12, 1999
(filed Jul. 23, 1997)
Shoji et al. (Shoji) 6,031,527 Feb. 29, 2000
(filed Jul. 12, 1996)
Dougherty et al. (Dougherty) 6,076,734 Jun. 20, 2000
(filed Oct. 10, 1997)
Dean et al. (Dean) 6,202,206 Mar. 13, 2001
(filed May 14, 1998)
Claims 1, 5, 9, 16 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Niwa.
Claims 3, 4, 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Niwa and Shoji.
Claims 6, 7, 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Niwa and Lister.
Claims 8 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Niwa and Nguyen.
Claim 17 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Niwa and Dean.
Claim 18 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Niwa, Dean and Stein.
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