Appeal No. 2003-2097
Application No. 09/247,926 Page 3
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Tatsumi et al. (Tatsumi) 5,180,464 Jan. 19, 1993
Sandhu et al. (Sandhu) 5,298,463 Mar. 29, 1994
Claims 1-5, 7-25, and 40 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over the Admitted Prior Art (APA) in
view of Sandhu.
Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over APA in view of Sandhu and Tatsumi.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellant regarding the above-noted rejections,
we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 27, mailed
February 26, 2003) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to appellant’s brief (Paper No.
26, filed December 30, 2002) and reply brief (Paper No. 29, filed
April 25, 2003) for appellant’s arguments thereagainst. Only
those arguments actually made by appellant have been considered
in this decision. Arguments which appellant could have made but
chose not to make in the brief have not been considered. See 37
CFR 1.192(a).
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