Ex parte MARTIN et al. - Page 2




                Appeal No. 97-0145                                                                                                            
                Application 08/073,327                                                                                                        


                consideration of the appellants' Brief on Appeal, the examiner                                                                
                decided that claims 1 through 9 were allowable (Answer, page 5).                                                              
                This being the case, only claims 11 through 14 remain before us                                                               
                on appeal.                                                                                                                    
                         The appellants' invention, as expressed in claims 11 through                                                         
                14, is directed to a cartridge housing comprising a base and a                                                                
                cover having mating projections and pockets.  The appealed claims                                                             
                appear in an appendix to the Brief on Appeal.                                                                                 


                                                           THE REFERENCES                                                                     
                         The references relied upon by the examiner to support the                                                            
                final rejection of claims 11 through 14 are:                                                                                  
                Bettinger et al.                          4,566,653                                 Jan. 28, 1986                             
                         (Bettinger)                                                                                                          
                The admitted prior art as described on pages 1 through 3 of the                                                               
                appellants' specification.2                                                                                                   


                                                           THE REJECTIONS                                                                     
                         Claim 11 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being                                                           
                clearly anticipated by Bettinger.                                                                                             


                         2While the examiner has not specified the exact portion of                                                           
                the specification upon which he relies, we believe these to be                                                                
                the pages.                                                                                                                    
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