Appeal No. 1998-2519
Application No. 08/167,692
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Weisman et al. (Weisman) 4,610678 Sep. 9, 1986
Widlund et al. (Widlund) WO 93/17648 Sep. 16, 1993
The appealed claims stand finally rejected on the
following grounds:
(1) Claims 1, 2, 4 to 13, 15, 16, 18 and 19, anticipated by
Widlund, under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a);
(2) Claims 3 and 14, unpatentable over Widlund in view of
Weisman, under 35 U.S.C. § 103;
(3) Claim 17, unpatentable over Widlund, under 35 U.S.C. §
103.
Considering first the rejection of claim 1, we note that
although the examiner states in the answer that the rejection 2
is set forth in Paper No. 11 (the first rejection), neither in
Paper No. 11 nor in the answer does the examiner point out
where the specific claimed limitations are found in, or
compare any of the rejected claims feature by feature with,
2All references herein to the examiner’s answer are to
the answer mailed on July 6, 1999 (Paper No. 25).
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