Appeal No. 98-0430 Application 08/688,141 As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the documents listed below: Schnase et al. (Schnase) 2,121,989 June 28, 1938 Posey 4,454,204 June 12, 1984 Walker 554 Dec. 23, 1898 (Great Britain) The following rejections are before us for review. Claims 9 through 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Walker in view of Schnase. Claims 9 through 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Posey. The full text of the examiner's rejections and response to the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer (Paper No. 14), while the complete statement of appel- 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007