Ex parte ARGENT - Page 3




          Appeal No. 97-3345                                                          
          Application 08/332,936                                                      



          McGugan                           4,298,221       Nov.   3,                 
          1981                                                                        
          Roberts                           4,865,359       Sept. 12,                 
          1989                                                                        
          St. Onge                          4,958,959       Sept. 25,                 
          1990                                                                        
          Sweeney                           5,015,014       May   14,                 
          1991                                                                        
          Shibahara et al. (Shibahara)      5,104,263       Apr.  14,                 
          1992                                                                        









                    The following rejections are before us for review.                


                    Claims 14 through 18, 33, and 34 stand rejected                   
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over McGugan in                 
          view of Sweeney and St. Onge.                                               


                    Claim 19 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                 
          being unpatentable over the art as applied to the claims                    
          above, further in view of Roberts or Kessler.                               


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