Appeal No. 2001-2178
Application No. 09/039,466
Burke 4,948,117 Aug. 14, 1990
Froelich, Sr. et al. 5,709,630 Jan. 20, 1998
(Froelich)
Hermanson 8,203,510 Apr. 5, 1983
Dutch Patent Document1
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Hermanson in view of
Froelich.
Claims 5 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Hermanson in view of Froelich and
Burke.
Attention is directed to the appellant’s brief (Paper No.
8) and to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 9) for the
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner with
regard to the merits of these rejections.2
1An English language translation of this reference,
prepared on behalf of the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, is appended hereto.
2Although the examiner’s answer does not restate the
final rejection of claims 2 through 4, the record as a whole
shows that the omission was inadvertent.
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