Appeal No. 2003-0065
Application 09/491,284
Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
anticipated by Fukuoka.
Claims 1, 2, 10-12, 17, 18, 26, 31, and 33-39 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Brezoczky.
Claims 13 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Brezoczky.
Claims 3, 4, 14-16, 20-25, and 32 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Brezoczky and
Fukuoka.
Claim 27 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Brezoczky and Kubo.
Claims 28 and 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Brezoczky and Kubo, further in view of
Fukuoka.
Claim 30 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Brezoczky and Kubo, further in view of Saitoh.
We refer to the final rejection (Paper No. 15) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 20)
(pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the examiner's
rejection, and to the substitute appeal brief (Paper No. 19)
(pages referred to as "Br__") for a statement of appellants'
arguments thereagainst.
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