Appeal 2006-0153
Application 10/082,635
Deiringer EP 483,665 May 6, 19921
Fox US 5,116,444 May 26, 1992
Bekele US 5,482,770 Jan. 9, 1996
Clements US 5,503,790 Apr. 2, 1996
Kamo JP 10-151627 Jun. 9, 1998
Ramesh US 5,843,502 Dec. 1, 1998
Ramirez US 6,214,392 B1 Apr. 10, 2001
De Luca US 6,410,119 C1 Jun. 25, 2002
Matarasso US 2002/0094393 A1 Jul. 18, 2002
Simhaee US 6,423,166 B1 Jul. 23,2002
The Examiner has finally rejected the claims on appeal as follows:
1) Claims 12 through 15, 21 through 26, 30, and 31 under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Ottaviano,
Lewicki, either Fox or Kawakami and any one of Kamo, Deiringer, and
Clements;
2) Claims 16 through 18 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable
over the combined disclosures of Ottaviano, Lewicki, Chavannes, either Fox
or Kawakami, and any one of Kamo, Dieringer, and Clements;
3) Claims 19 and 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable
over the combined disclosures of Ottaviano, Lewicki, either Fox or
Kawakami, any one of Kamo, Dieringer, and Clements and any one of
Matarasso, De Luca, Simhaee, and Larson; and
4) Claims 27 and 28 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable
over the combined disclosures of Ottaviano, Lewicki, either Fox or
1 The Appellants have not challenged the Examiner’s reliance on U.S. Patent
5,225,130 issued to Deiringer on Jul. 6, 1993, as the corresponding English
translation of EP 483,665 relied upon in the statements of rejection.
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