Ex parte MALEY - Page 2




              Appeal No. 1998-0254                                                                                       
              Application No. 08/511,257                                                                                 


              appealed claims appended to appellant's brief.                                                             
                                                    REFERENCES                                                           
                     The references of record relied upon by the examiner as evidence of obviousness                     
              are:                                                                                                       
                     Drummond                    127,034                      May 21, 1872                               
                     Stone                       1,192,135                    Jul.  25, 1916                             
                     Comfort                     2,533,354                    Dec. 12, 1950                              
                     Horrocks                    2,665,029                    Jan.  05, 1954                             
                     Feimer et al. (Feimer)      4,736,867                    Apr. 12,  1988                             
                     Pehr                        4,809,874                    Mar. 07, 1989                              
                                                    REJECTIONS                                                           
                     Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Horrocks.                        
                     Claims 2 through 3, 10, 11, 19 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                       
              unpatentable over Horrocks in view of Comfort and Pehr.                                                    
                     Claim 5 stands rejected under U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Horrocks in view                    
              of Comfort, Pehr and Feimer.                                                                               
                     Claims 2, 10 and 12 stand rejected under U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over                          
              Horrocks in view of Stone.                                                                                 
                     Claims 2, 10 and 13 stand rejected under U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over                          
              Horrocks in view of Drummond.                                                                              





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