Appeal No. 2006-0621 Application No. 09/938,237 2. Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of Miyawaki in view of Yamanaka and further in view of Shimoda. 3. Claims 4 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of Miyawaki in view of Yamanaka and further in view of Lackman. 4. Claim 12 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of Miyawaki in view of Yamanaka and further in view of Einbinder. 5. Claims 5, 9 and 13-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of Miyawaki in view of Yamanaka and further in view of Cheung. Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for the respective details thereof. OPINION We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejections advanced by the examiner and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support for the rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellants’ 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007