Appeal No. 2006-0450 Παγε 3 Application No. 10/044,141 The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are: Lee 6,157,074 Dec. 5, 2000 Chun-Jen et al. 6,337,510 Jan. 8, 2002 Takahashi JP 05-206219 Aug. 13, 1993 (Japanese Reference) Claims 1-6 and 11-21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Chun-Jen. Claims 7 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Chun-Jen in view of Takahashi. Claims 8 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Chun-Jen in view of Takahashi and further in view of Lee. 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 24, 2005) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the brief (filed January 27, 2005) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst. Only those arguments actually made by appellant have been considered in this decision. Arguments which appellant couldPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007