Appeal No. 97-0828
Application 08/445,540
position.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Finken et al. (Finken) 2,903,700 Sept. 15, 1959
Bowen 3,262,125 Jul. 26, 1966
Hale 3,732,574 May 15,
1973
Zide 4,651,356 Mar. 24,
1987
Copeland et al. (Copeland) 5,093,936 Mar. 10, 1992
The appealed claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as follows:
a) claims 1 and 8 as being unpatentable over Hale in view
of Bowen and Finken;
b) claims 4, 5, 10 and 11 as being unpatentable over Hale
in view of Bowen and Finken, and further in view of Copeland;
and
c) claims 6 and 12 as being unpatentable over Hale in
view of Bowen and Finken, and further in view of Zide.
Reference is made to the appellant’s brief (Paper No. 7)
and to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 10) for the respective
positions of the appellant and the examiner regarding the
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