Ex parte KUSSER - Page 3





                 Appeal No. 98-1447                                                                                                                     
                 Application 08/385,356                                                                                                                 


                 Unterberger                         3,537,763                                             Nov.  3, 1970                                















                          The following rejection is before us for review.2                                                                             



                          Claims 1 through 8 and 17 through 23 stand rejected under                                                                     

                 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Unterberger in view                                                                         

                 of Blizard.                                                                                                                            



                          The full text of the examiner's rejection and response to                                                                     

                 the argument presented by appellant appears in the main and                                                                            

                 supplemental answers (Paper Nos. 14 and 21), while the                                                                                 


                          2  It is clear to us that the inclusion of the rejection of claims 8 through 16                                               
                 and 23 through 31 under 35 U.S.C. 112, first paragraph, in the answer was inadvertent                                                  
                 since this rejection was indicated to have been overcome and obviously withdrawn (Paper                                                
                 No. 10).  Further, it is noted that the new ground of rejection under 35 U.S.C. 112,                                                   
                 second paragraph, appearing on page 6 of the main answer, was overcome as specified on                                                 
                 page 2 of the supplemental answer (Paper No. 21).                                                                                      
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