Appeal No. 2002-1385
Application No. 09/049,861
The examiner relies on the following references:
Samoto 4-38716 Feb. 7, 1992
(Japanese Published Application)1
Sato et al. (Sato) 5-307748 Nov. 19, 1993
(Japanese Published Application)
Ishihara et al. (Ishihara) 6-111294 Apr. 22, 1994
(Japanese Published Application)
Matsumura et al. (Matsumura) 6-290452 Oct. 18, 1994
(Japanese Published Application)
Claims 5 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by
Ishihara or Matsumura.
Claims 5, 7-9, and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated
by Sato.
Claims 5-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by
Samoto.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 10) and the Examiner’s Answer
(Paper No. 13) for a statement of the examiner’s position and to the Brief (Paper No.
12) and the Reply Brief (Paper No. 15) for appellants’ position with respect to the claims
which stand rejected.
1 The USPTO has provided an English translation for each of the four applied references.
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