Appeal 2007-0949
Application 10/081,312
Ohmi US 6,215,806 B1 Apr. 10, 2001
Itoh US 6,287,683 B1 Sep. 11, 2001
The rejections as presented by the Examiner are as follows:
1. Claims 1-7, 10-12, 18, and 19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Toyoda in view of Ohashi,
Itoh, Tomita, and Morton.
2. Claim 8 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Toyoda in view of Ohashi, Itoh, Tomita,
Morton, and Kubota.
3. Claim 9 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Toyoda in view of Ohashi, Itoh, Tomita,
Morton, and Ohmi.
4. Claims 14 and 15 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over
Toyoda in view of Ohashi, Itoh, Tomita, Morton, and Kawamata.
5. Claims 1, 3-6, 10, 11, 18 and 19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Tomita in view of Morton.
6. Claim 2 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Tomita in view of Morton and Itoh.
7. Claim 9 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Tomita in view of Morton, Itoh, and Ohmi.
With regard to the rejections where Toyoda is the primary reference,
Appellants separately argue claims 1, 8, 9, and 14. Accordingly, dependent
claims 2-7, 10-12, 15, 18, and 19 stand or fall with these claims.
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