Appeal No. 2005-0806 Page 3
Application No. 10/179,812
Claims 1 to 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Nesbitt in view of Horiuchi and Sullivan6.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(mailed August 10, 2004) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to the brief (filed July 16, 2004) for the appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellant's specification and claims, to the applied references, and to the respective
positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of our
review, we make the determinations which follow.
6 U.S. Patent No. 4,884,814 which issued December 5, 1989 to Sullivan.
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