Appeal No. 2006-1685
Application No. 10/081,369
The following rejections are on appeal before us:
1. Claims 1-4, 9 and 43 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of Cole in view
of Tokuda.
2. Claims 5-8 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over the teachings of Cole in view of
Tokuda and further in view of Hier and Kozlowski.
3. Claims 10, 11, 13-17, 19, 23, and 24 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of
Cole in view of Tokuda and further in view of Yokoi.
4. Claims 20-22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over the teachings of Cole in view of Tokuda
and Yokoi and further in view of Hier and Kozlowski.
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
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