Appeal No. 2000-1315
Application 09/152,563
The 37 CFR § 1.132 Affidavit of Mike Aulby filed September 15,
1999 (Paper No. 7).
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 4, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16 through 19, 21,
23 through 25, 27, 29 and 30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Famolare in view of Bauer.
Claims 5, 14, 20 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Famolare in view of
Bauer, Ludwig, Gillet and Guarrera.
Clams 7, 15, 22 and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Famolare in view of Bauer,
McCord, Leclercq and Trentin.
Attention is directed to the appellant’s main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 11 and 13) and to the examiner’s answer
(Paper No. 12) for the respective positions of the appellant
and the examiner with regard to the merits of these
rejections.2
2In the final rejection (Paper No. 6), the examiner
applied Ludwig, Gillet, and Guarrera in the rejection of
claims 5, 14, 20 and 26, and McCord, Leclercq and Trentin in
the rejection of claims 7, 15, 22 and 28, alternatively as
well as cumulatively. In order to reduce the issues on
appeal, the examiner has withdrawn the alternative application
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