Ex parte CARTER - Page 2




          Appeal No. 2001-2043                                                        
          Application No. 09/044,629                                                  


          of exemplary claims 9 and 15 which claims can be found in                   
          Paper No. 23.                                                               
               As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the               
          documents listed below:                                                     


          Jackson                  3,191,791                Jun. 29, 1965             
          Boardman                 5,492,223                Feb. 20, 1996             
          Shcherbin et al     SU 1,537,459                  Jan. 23, 1990             
          (Shcherbin)(Soviet Union)                                                   


               The following rejections are before us for review.                     


               Claims 9 through 11, 13, and 14 stand rejected under                   
          35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Boardman.                     


               Claim 12 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as                   
          being unpatentable over Boardman in view of Jackson.                        


               Claim 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as                   
          being unpatentable over Boardman in view of the Soviet Union                
          reference.                                                                  
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