Appeal No. 2004-1074 Application No. 09/924,772 Legrady et al. (Legrady) 5,816,868 Oct. 6, 1998 Belopolsky 5,842,888 Dec. 1, 1998 Uchiyama 6,007,387 Dec. 28, 1999 THE REJECTIONS Claims 1 through 4, 6, 8, 9, 13 through 16 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Cohen in view of Okamoto. Claims 5 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Cohen in view of Okamoto and Uchiyama. Claim 7 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Cohen in view of Okamoto and Belopolsky. Claims 10 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Cohen in view of Okamoto and Shepherd. Claims 12 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Cohen in view of Okamoto and Ward. Claims 11 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Cohen in view of Okamoto, Shepherd and Legrady. Attention is directed to the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 7 and 10) and to the answer (Paper No. 8) for the respective 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007