Appeal No. 2004-2295
Application No. 09/628,396
exemplary claims 1, 10, and 14, respective copies of which appear
in the CLAIM APPENDIX for the main brief (Paper No. 10).
As evidence of anticipation and obviousness, the examiner
has applied the documents listed below:
Trett et al 4,894,952 Jan. 23, 1990
(Trett)
Zhang et al 5,955,854 Sep. 21, 1999
(Zhang)
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 1, 2, and 4 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by Zhang.
Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Zhang in view of Trett.
The full text of the examiner's rejections and response to
the argument presented by appellant appears in the main and
supplemental answers (Paper No. 11 and 22), while the complete
statement of appellant's argument can be found in the main and
reply briefs (Paper Nos. 10, 12, and 23).
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