Appeal No. 2003-1298
Application No. 09/369,579
Claims 1, 4, and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Kawamura.
Claims 21, and 23-25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Kawamura.
Claims 26 and 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated Kawamura.
Claim 33 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Kawamura.
Claims 38-40 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Kawamura.
Claims 2, 3, 27, and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Kawamura as applied to
claims 1 and 26 and further in view of Park.
Claim 34 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Vasquez.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of unpatentabiilty:
Vasquez 5,455,194 Oct. 3, 1995
Park 5,360,753 Nov. 1, 1994
Kawamura 5,096,848 March 17, 1992
Appellants group the claims as follows: Group I: claims
1-5; Group II: claims 21, and 23-24; group III claims 26-29;
Group IV: claim 33; Group V: claim 34; and Group VI: claims
38-40. Brief, page 4. Insofar as the claims have been
separately argued, we will address the claims separately. See
37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7) and (8)(2002).
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