Ex parte BARNETT et al. - Page 3




                 Appeal No. 96-2455                                                                                                                     
                 Application 08/223,323                                                                                                                 



                 Gemy                    1,062,196                 Apr.  20,                                                                            
                 1951                                                                                                                                   
                 (French)                                                                                                                               
                 Schenz                  3,419,728                 Nov.  11,                                                                            
                 1985                                                                                                                                   
                 (German)                                                                                                                               
                 Horn                    3,500,928                 July  17,                                                                            
                 1986                                                                                                                                   
                 (German)2                                                                                                                              


                                   Claims 1 through 7, 9 through 12, 18 through 21 and                                                                  
                 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable                                                                          
                 over Schenz in view of Nail and Gemy.                                                                                                  


                                   Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                                                                     
                 being unpatentable over Schenz in view of Nail and Gemy as                                                                             
                 applied above, and further in view of Horn.                                                                                            


                                   Reference is made to the examiner's answer (Paper                                                                    
                 No. 25, mailed December 13, 1995) for the examiner's full                                                                              
                 reasoning in support of the above-noted rejections.  A com-                                                                            
                 plete exposition of appellants' arguments thereagainst are                                                                             

                          2A copy of a translation of each of the above-noted                                                                           
                 foreign documents prepared by or for the U.S. Patent and                                                                               
                 Trademark Office is attached to this decision.                                                                                         
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