Appeal No. 2005-0776
Application No. 09/898,321
Akiyama et al. (Akiyama) 5,712,494 Jan. 27, 1998
Street 5,789,737 Aug. 4, 1998
Ahn 6,037,248 Mar. 14, 2000
Hwang et al. (Hwang) 6,337,284 Jan. 8, 2002
(filed May 30, 2000)
Kunikiyo US 2002/0135041 A1 Sep. 26, 2002
(effective filing date May 27, 1998)
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows:
claims 1-3 and 6 over Kingsley in view of Ahn; claim 4 over
Kingsley in view of Ahn and Akiyama; claim 5 over Kingsley in
view of Ahn and Hwang; claim 7 over Kingsley in view of Ahn and
Street; claims 8 and 27-30 over Fukuda in view of Ahn; claim
9 over Fukuda in view of Ahn and Antonuk; claim 10 over Fukuda in
view of Ahn and Kunikiyo; claim 21 over Fukuda in view of Ahn and
Akiyama; claim 24 over Fukuda in view of Ahn and Hwang; claim
25 over Fukuda in view of Ahn and Pedder; and claim 26 over
Fukuda in view of Ahn and Kingsley.
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejections. We need to
address only the independent claims, i.e., claims 1, 8, 28
and 30.2
2 The examiner does not rely upon the additional references
applied to the dependent claims for any disclosure that remedies
the deficiency in Kingsley or Fukuda, in view of Ahn, as to the
independent claims.
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