Appeal No. 2002-0723
Application 08/965,637
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Yamaguchi et al 5,818,531 Oct. 6, 1998
Keesman 5,729,293 Mar. 17, 1998
Rejections At Issue
Claims 1-3, 5-13, 15-17, and 19-27 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Yamaguchi et al.
Claims 4, 14, 18, and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being obvious over Yamaguchi et al in view of Appellant’s
admitted prior art. Claims 29-38 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being obvious over Yamaguchi et al in view of Keesman.
Throughout our opinion, we make references to the
Appellant’s briefs, and to the Examiner’s Answer for the
respective detail thereof.
OPINION
With full consideration being given to the subject matter on
appeal, Examiner’s rejections and the arguments of Appellant and
Examiner, for the reasons stated infra, we reverse the Examiner’s
rejection of claims 1-3, 5-13, 15-17, and 19-27 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e), we reverse the Examiner’s rejection of claims 4, 14,
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