Appeal No. 2006-0010 Page 3
Application No. 10/170,538
The Examiner cited the following references in rejecting the appealed claims:
Jin et al. (Jin >358) 4,973,358 Nov. 27, 1990
Jin et al. (Jin >324) 5,221,324 Jun. 22, 1993
Kenny et al. (Kenny) 5,281,251 Jan. 25, 1994
Sang et al. (Sang) 5,334,236 Aug. 2, 1994
The Examiner entered the following rejections (Final Rejection, pp. 2-6):
Claims 64-68 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. ' 102(b) as anticipated by Kenny.
Claims 64-68 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. ' 102(b) as anticipated by
Jin >324.
Claims 64-68 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. ' 102(b) as anticipated by
Jin >358.
Claims 21-58 and 60-62 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. ' 103(a) as obvious
over Sang.2
Claims 21-63 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. ' 103(a) as obvious over
Jin >358.3
2 The Examiner has withdrawn the rejection of claims 59 and 63 over Sang. (Answer, pp. 11-12).
3 The Examiner in the Answer page 5 does not include all of the claims in the stated rejection.
However, the Examiner provides argument regarding all of the claims 21-63 on page 14-16 of the Answer.
The Appellants have presented argument for all of the claims on pages 45-72 of the Brief and pages 12-14
of the Reply Brief.
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