Ex parte SHIFFERAW - Page 3




          Appeal No. 98-2771                                                          
          Application 08/428,863                                                      




          Oaks                                                                        
          4,037,834         Jul. 26, 1977                                             
          Mansfield                        4,199,136         Apr. 22,                 
          1980                                                                        
          Wilson                           4,323,231         Apr.  6,                 
          1982                                                                        
          Puckett et al. (Puckett)         5,273,510         Dec. 28,                 
          1993                                                                        
          Gvoich                           5,387,166         Feb.  7,                 
          1995                                                                        






          Marcolin                         2,631,067         Jan. 20,                 
          1977                                                                        
          (German Offenlegungsschrift)2                                               
          Morozov et al. (Morozov)           700,149         Dec. 15,                 
          1979                                                                        
          (Soviet Union)                                                              


          Claims 1 through 3, 7 through 10 and 13 stand rejected                      
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Morozov in                 
          view of Oaks.                                                               



               Our understanding of these foreign language documents is based upon a2                                                                     
          translation prepared by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  A copy of those
          translations accompanies this decision.                                     
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