Appeal No. 1998-1435 Page 3
Application No. 08/132,584
The references relied on in rejecting the claims follow:
Halley 2,941,062 June 14,
1960
Henricks 4,475,294 Oct. 9,
1984
Bird 4,841,903 June 27,
1989.
Claims 27-36 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious
over Bird in view of Halley and Henricks. Rather than repeat
the arguments of the appellants or examiner in toto, we refer
the reader to the briefs and answer for the respective1
details thereof.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we considered
the subject matter on appeal and the rejection advanced by
the examiner. Furthermore, we duly considered the arguments
and evidence of the appellants and examiner. After
considering the totality of the record, we are persuaded that
the examiner erred in rejecting claims 27-30. We are also
1We rely on and refer to the corrected appeal brief,
(Paper No. 18), in lieu of the original appeal brief, (Paper
No. 16), because the latter was defective. (Paper No. 17.)
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