Appeal No. 2000-1300
Application 08/853,581
Azimov 4,799,511 Jan. 24,
1989
Chapman 5,674,382 Oct. 7,
1997
(filed Jan. 11, 1996)
Claims 1, 7, 8, 12, 13 and 19 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Chapman in view of
McLoughlin.
Claims 4 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Chapman in view of McLoughlin as applied
above, and further in view of Azimov.
Claims 9 through 11, 14 and 17 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Chapman in view of
McLoughlin as applied above, and further in view of Strain.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of the
above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and appellants regarding those rejections, we
make reference to the final rejection (Paper No. 7, mailed
February 9, 1999) and the examiner's supplemental answer (Paper
-3-
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