Appeal No. 1997-3662
Application No. 07/964,342
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Preuss et al. (Preuss) 4,121,259 Oct. 17,
1978
Claims 1-18 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Preuss.1
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Brief and Answer for the
respective details.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejection advanced by the Examiner and the
evidence of obviousness relied upon by the Examiner as support
for the rejection. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into
consideration, in reaching our decision, Appellants’ arguments
set forth in the Brief along with the Examiner’s rationale in
support of the rejection and arguments in rebuttal set forth
in the Examiner’s Answer.
It is our view, after consideration of the record before
1The rejection of claims 1-4 under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as
being directed to non-statutory subject matter has been
withdrawn by the Examiner as indicated in the Supplemental
Examiner’s Answer dated March 14, 2000.
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