Appeal No. 2000-2006
Application No. 09/027,173
1997
Claims 1, 7 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Hansen in view of Tolliver
and Jones.
Claims 2, 5 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over "Hansen, as twice modified, in view
of Martin."
Claims 3 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over "Hansen, as thrice modified, as
applied to claim 2 above, and further in view of obvious
common knowledge."
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of
the above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and appellant regarding the
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 20, mailed March 23, 2000) for the examiner's reasoning in
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