Appeal No. 2000-0523
Application 08/583,307
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
anticipation and obviousness are:
Martin et al. (Martin) 2,536,760 Jan. 2,
1951
Brown et al. (Brown) 3,214,142 Oct. 26,
1965
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as failing to particularly point out and
distinctly claim the subject matter the appellants regard as
the invention.
Claims 1 through 12 and 14 through 17 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Brown, and in
the alternative under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over
Brown.
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