Appeal 2006-2197
Application 10/068,824
CITATION OF REFERENCES
In rejecting the claimed subject matter the Examiner relies on the following
references:
Kawano US 5,478,631 Dec. 26, 1995
Ueda EP 0 791 475 Aug. 27, 1997
Tomizawa US 6,224,971 May 1, 2001
Niu US 6,599,593 Jul. 29, 2003
The Examiner has entered the following grounds of rejection:1
Claim 38 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 1 as failing to comply
with the written description requirement.
Claims 1, 3, 9, 11, 12, 15, 21, and 22 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Kawano.
Claims 1, 3, 7-15, and 19-22 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Kawano.
Claims 1, 2, and 4-6 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Kawano and further in view of Tomizawa.
Claims 1 and 15-18 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Kawano and further in view of Ueda.
Claims 1, 7, 8, 21, and 22 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
being anticipated by Niu.
Claims 1, 9-14, 19-22, and 38 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Niu.
1 The Examiner in the statement of the rejections appearing in the Answer has
inadvertently included claims 2 and 37 which have been indicated by Appellant as
having been canceled (Br. 1). We have excluded these claims from the statement
of the rejections.
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