Appeal No. 1998-1939
Application No. 08/403,288
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Dyche 2,721,561 Oct. 25,
1955
Gueret (Gueret ‘281) 4,927,281 May 22,
1990
Guerret 5,020,551 Jun. 4,
1991
Newell 5,159,736 Nov. 3,
1992
Gueret (Gueret ‘011) 5,238,011 Aug. 24,
1993
Pihl et al. (Pihl) 5,443,906 Aug. 22,
1995
(effective filing date Mar. 19,
1992)
Cole 2,159,699 Dec. 11,
1985
(British Application)
Van Niekerk 405,819 Jan. 2,
1991
(European Application)
Gueret (WO Application) 93/14251 Jul. 22, 19931
(Gueret ‘251)
Claims 1 to 26 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103
as unpatentable over Newell in view of Gueret ‘011, Cole, Van
Niekerk, Pihl, Gueret ‘251, Gueret ‘281, Guerret and Dyche.2
1A copy of a translation of this reference, prepared for
the PTO, is enclosed herewith.
2Our consideration of this appeal has not been
facilitated by the manner in which the examiner has stated the
rejection. Although several of the references appear to be
relevant only to limitations recited in dependent claims, the
examiner has simply lumped all the references together in one
rejection, leaving it to this Board (and appellant) to attempt
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