Appeal No. 2005-1229 Page 3
Application No. 09/887,334
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Nakayama et al. (Nakayama) US 6,048,654 Apr. 11, 2000
Suda JP 2000-0623352 Feb. 29, 2000
Claims 13, 16 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Suda.
Claims 14, 15, 19, 21 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Suda in view of Nakayama.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the final
rejection (mailed June 25, 2003) and the answer (mailed March 15, 2004) for the
examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the brief (filed
January 26, 2004) and reply brief (filed May 7, 2004) for the appellants' arguments
thereagainst.
2In determining the teachings of Suda, we will rely on the computer generated
translation, of record, provided by the Japan Patent Office.
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