Appeal No. 2006-0496
Application No. 10/126,569
The examiner relies on the following references:
Newton et al. (Newton) 4,479,701 Oct. 30, 1984
Yamauchi et al. (Yamauchi) US 6,535,678 B1 Mar. 18, 2003
(PCT filed Mar. 28, 2000)
Claims 12 and 33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by
Newton.
Claims 1-11, 13-29, and 34-41 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Newton.
Claims 30-32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Newton and Yamauchi.
We refer to the Final Rejection (mailed Mar. 1, 2005) and the Examiner’s Answer
(mailed Jul. 1, 2005) for a statement of the examiner’s position and to the Brief (filed
Jun. 1, 2005) and the Reply Brief (filed Jul. 27, 2005) for appellants’ position with
respect to the claims which stand rejected.
OPINION
Grouping of Claims
We will consider the claims in groups as argued by appellants in the Brief. See
37 CFR § 41.37(c)(1)(vii) (Sep. 13, 2004).
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