Appeal No. 1998-2941 Page 8
Application No. 08/061,985
Reexamination Control No. 90/003,682
(8) Claims 21 and 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over any one of Dunn, the News &
Observer article, and the PSA abstract as set forth above
(i.e., paragraphs (4)-(6) above) further in view of Fioriti
and Bracco.
(9) Claims 3-17, 18/4, 18/8, 18/12, 18/16, 19/4, 19/8,
19/12, 19/16, 28-35, and 46/28 stand provisionally rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as claiming the same invention as that
of claims 1, 3-17, 18/1, 18/4, 18/8, 18/12, 18/16, 19/1, 19/4,
19/8, 19/12, 19/16, 28-35, and 46 of copending reissue
application No. 07/880,899.
(10) Claims 20-27 and 46/20 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (mailed
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