Appeal No. 96-2043
Application 07/990,514
09, 1980
Seppala et al. (Seppala) 4,345,212 Aug.
17, 1982
Hussein et al. (Hussein) 4,445,892 May
01, 1984
L'Esperance, Jr. (L'Esperance) 4,664,913 May 19,
1987
Davies 4,672,961 Jun. 16,
1987
The following rejections are before us for review:
(1) Claims 1 and 3 through 7 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Hussein in view of
L'Esperance, Guerder, Davies and Seppala.
(2) Claims 2, 8 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Hussein, L'Esperance,
Guerder, Davies and Seppala, as applied to claim 1, and
further in view of Kaufman.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 16, mailed August 22, 1995) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellant's
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