Appeal No. 2003-1967
Application No. 08/970,889
Rejections at Issue
Claims 1-3, 11 and 21-23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Adelson in view of Yeo and
Shibata.
Claims 4-8 and 24-26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Adelson in view of Yeo, Shibata and
Jaillon.
Claims 9 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Adelson in view of Yeo, Shibata and
Barber.
Claims 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Adelson in view of Yeo, Shibata and
Zhang.
Claims 17-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Barber in view of Yeo and Shibata.
OPINION
With full consideration being given to the subject matter on
appeal, the Examiner's rejections and the arguments of Appellants
and Examiner, for the reasons stated infra, we reverse the
Examiner's rejection of claims 1-11, 13, 14 and 21-26 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 and we affirm the Examiner's rejection of claims
17-20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
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