Appeal No. 2003-2172
Application No. 09/644,793
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
Saderholm et al 5,501,488 Mar. 26, 1996
(Saderholm)
Gray et al 5,538,280 Jul. 23, 1996
(Gray)
Hirai 5,944,345 Aug. 31, 1999
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 1 through 4, 7 through 13, 15, and 16 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Saderholm in
view of Hirai.
Claims 5 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Saderholm in view of Hirai and Gray.
Claim 14 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Sanderholm in view of Hirai.
The full text of the examiner’s rejections and response to
the argument presented by appellants appears in the final
rejection and the answer (Paper Nos. 7 and 14), while the
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