Appeal No. 2005-0537
Application No. 08/925,985 Page 3
(Filed Oct. 06, 1999)1
Shamouilian et al. (Shamouilian) 6,095,084 Aug. 01, 2000
(Filed Jul. 14, 1997)
Kao et al. (Kao) 6,125,859 Oct. 03, 2000
(Filed Jul. 11, 1997)
Claims 1, 2, 4-10, 25 and 29-33 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph as being indefinite for failing
to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which applicants regard as invention. Claims 1, 2, 4-10, 25, 29-
31 and 33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
anticipated by Ye. Claim 32 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Ye. Claims 1, 2, 7, 25, 31
and 33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Hills in view of Shamouilian, Kao, Zhao, Bhan,
Rossman and Ye. Claims 4-6, 8-10, 26-30 and 32 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Hills in view
of Shamouilian, Kao, Zhao, Bhan, Rossman, Ye, Abraham and Abraham
et al.
1 Division of application No. 08/616,707 filed on March 15,
1996 and now U.S. Patent No. 6,001,728. Appellants do not
challenge the prior art status of Bhan based on the prior
effective filing date of the earlier application.
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