Appeal No. 1999-2781
Application No. 08/656,299
Claims 1 through 13, 15, 20, 25 through 28 and 30 through
33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Kell (Fig. 11), Fritsche, or Fertier in view of Willey.
Claims 14 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Kell (Fig. 11), Fritsche, or Fertier
in view of Ellis.
Claims 14, 16 and 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Kell (Fig. 11), Fritsche, or
Fertier and Willey as applied to claims 1 and 25 above, and
further in view of Ellis.
Claims 8 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Kell (Fig. 11), Fritsche, or Fertier
and Willey as applied to claim 1 above, and further in view of
Olson.1
1Given appellant's comments in the brief (page 5) and the
fact that the rejection of claims 13 through 16 under 35
U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph, found on page 2 of the final
rejection (Paper No. 9) was not repeated in the examiner's
answer, we conclude that this rejection has been withdrawn by
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