Appeal No. 2005-0001
Application No. 09/268,902
Tuan et al. (Tuan) 5,872,952 Feb. 16, 1999
(filed Apr. 17, 1995)
Cohen et al. (Cohen) 5,914,889 Jun. 22, 1999
(filed Sep. 13, 1996)
Rejections at Issue
Claims 1, 40 and 41 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Mitsuhashi in view of Huddleston.
Claims 2 through 11, 13, 15 through 26, 28, 30 through 38, 42 and 44
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Mitsuhashi in
view of Huddleston and Tuan.
Claims 12, 14, 27, 29 and 43 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Mitsuhashi in view of Huddleston, Tuan and Brasen.
Claim 39 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Mitsuhashi in view of Huddleston and Cohen.
Claim 45 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Mitsuhashi in view of Huddleston and Murakata.
Opinion
We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejections
advanced by the examiner and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by the
examiner as support for the rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken
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