Appeal No. 2005-2649
Application No. 09/690,377
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Coplan et al. (Coplan) 4,017,030 Apr. 12, 1977
Sakurada et al. (Sakurada) 5,993,843 Nov. 30, 1999
Claims 6 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Coplan in view of Sakurada.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's commentary with regard to the
above-noted § 103 rejection and the conflicting viewpoints advanced by appellants and
the examiner regarding that rejection, we make reference to the examiner's answer
(mailed March 31, 2005) for the reasoning in support of the rejection, and to appellants’
re-submitted brief (filed January 25, 2005) and reply brief (filed June 2, 2005) for the
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
appellants’ specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
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