Ex parte MANIAR - Page 3




               Appeal No. 95-3759                                                                                                  
               Application 08/145,118                                                                                              

                                                     References of Record                                                          
                       The  following  references  of  record  are  relied  upon  by  the  examiner  as  evidence  of              
               obviousness:                                                                                                        
                       Laing et al. (Laing)                  4,678,734                      Jul.   7, 1987                         
                       Ong (Ong I)                           5,300,387                      Apr.  5, 1984                          
                       Ong (Ong II)                          5,332,636                      Jul. 26, 1994                          


                                                         The Rejections                                                            
                       Claims 1-10 and 12-22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over                       
               Laing.3                                                                                                             
                       Claims 1-10 and 12-22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Laing                 
               in view of Ong I or Ong II.4                                                                                        
                       Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for                    
               failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which applicant regards as the            
               invention.5                                                                                                         






               3See footnote 2, supra.                                                                                             
               4This is a new ground of rejection.                                                                                 
               5This is a new ground of rejection.                                                                                 
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