Appeal No. 96-3549
Application 08/171,484
The rejection of claims 80, 81, and 83 through 85
We do not sustain the rejection of these claims under 35 USC
§ 103.
This rejection, like the preceding rejection under 35 USC
§ 103, relies upon the basic combination of the Wilson and
Toussant patents. However, for the reasons given above, which are
incorporated herein, this panel of the board concludes that the
proposed combination of the Wilson and Toussant documents is not
sound. The additional Hasslinger reference does not overcome the
stated deficiency of the applied Wilson and Toussant teachings.
In summary, this panel of the board has:
AFFIRMED the rejection of claim 76 under 35 USC § 102(e) as
being anticipated by Wilson and under 35 USC § 103 as obvious
over Wilson;
REVERSED the rejection of claims 77 through 79 and 82 under
35 USC § 103 as being unpatentable over Wilson in view of
Toussant; and
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