Appeal No. 2003-1260 Page 3
Application No. 09/850,654
The claims are rejected over prior art. As evidence of unpatentability, the Examiner relies
upon the following prior art references:
Kimizuka et al. (Kimizuka)5,877,082Mar. 2, 1999
(filed May 5, 1997)
Hsu et al. (Hsu) 6,323,553 Nov. 27, 2001
(effective filing date Feb. 3, 1997)
The specific rejections are as follows:
1. Claims 1-7, 10-17, 19, and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) as being
anticipated by Kimizuka.
2. Claims 8, 9, and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Kimizuka in view of Hsu.
In the Grouping of Claims section of the Brief (§ VII), Appellants present six groups of
claims and state that the claims do not stand or fall together (Brief, p. 3). The six groups are as
follows:
Group 1: claims 1, 2, 4-7, and 10-12.
Group 2: claims 3 and 15.
Group 3: claims 8, 9, and 18.
Group 4: claim 13.
Group 5: claim 14.
Group 6: claims 16-20.
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