Appeal No. 2004-2292
Application No. 09/747,537
As evidence of unpatentability, the Examiner relies on the following
references:
Arita et al. (Arita) 4,652,490 Mar. 24, 1987
Blemberg et al. (Blemberg) 5,108,844 Apr. 28, 1992
Schloegl et al. (Schloegl) 5,234,733 Aug. 10, 1993
Peiffer et al. (Peiffer) 5,372,882 Dec. 13, 1994
Keller et al. (Keller) 5,691 ,043 Nov. 25, 1997
The Examiner entered the following rejections:
(I). Claims 1-7, 9, 10, 13-18, and 30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a)
as unpatentable over Schloegl in view of Blemberg.
(II). Claim 12 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as unpatentable
over Schloegl in view of Blemberg, as applied to claims 1-7, 9, 10, 13-18,
and 30 above, and further in view of Arita.
(III). Claims 1-7, 9, 10, 13-18, 29, and 30 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. 103(a) as unpatentable over Schloegl in view of Keller.
(IV). Claim 12 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Schloegl in view of Keller, as applied to claims 1-7, 9, 10,
13-18, 29, and 30 above, and further in view of Arita.
(V). Claims l-7, 9, 10, 13-28, 30, 33, 35, 37, and 38 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Peiffer in view Blemberg.
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