Appeal No. 1998-3312
Application No. 08/354,803
Gruska 3,515,493 June 2, 1970
Holloway et al. 5,324,126 June 28, 1994
(Holloway)
British Patent 1 427 931 March 10, 1976
Japanese Patent 4-72333 June 3, 1992
European Patent 0 491 579 June 24,
19921
Claim 25 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly
point
out and distinctly claim the subject matter which applicant
regards as the invention.
Claims 1-8, 11, 17, 18, 25-29 and 32 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Holloway in view of
Gruska, British Patent ‘931, Japanese Patent ‘333, and
European Patent ‘579.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner’s full
1Translations of the Japanese and European patents,
prepared for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, have been
relied upon in deciding the issues before us on appeal. A
copy of each of these translations is attached to this
decision.
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