Appeal No. 2004-1178
Application No. 09/655,899
CITED PRIOR ART
As evidence of unpatentability, the Examiner relies on the following
references:
Williams 3,947,398 Mar. 30, 1976
Terada et al. (Terada) 4,092,409 Aug. 16, 1977
Babcock et al. (Babcock ‘365) 4,746,365 May 24, 1988
Babcock et al. (Babcock ‘018) 4,849,018 Jul. 18, 1989
Patel (Patel ‘797) 5,653,797 Aug. 5, 1997
Patel (Patel ‘786) 5,779,786 Jul. 14, 1998
Takiyama, et al (JP’456) JP-62-57456 Mar. 13, 1987
The Examiner rejected claims 1 to 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by or in the alternative under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious
over Williams, Terada, Babcock ‘018, Babcock ‘365, Patel ‘797, Patel ‘786 or
JP’456. (Answer p. 4).
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the
Examiner and the Appellant concerning the above-noted rejections, we
refer to the Answer and the Briefs. We will limit our discussion to claims 1
and 7 which are the only independent claims.
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