Appeal No. 2002-0152 Page 2
Application No. 09/004,775
The examiner relied upon the following prior art references in rejecting the
appealed claims:
White 4,395,040 Jul. 26, 1983
Lykens 4,941,661 Jul. 17, 1990
The admitted prior art of Figure 2 in U.S. Patent No. 5,279,496, issued Jan. 18, 1994 to
Schroeder (AAPA)
Claims 1 and 3-25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over AAPA in view of Lykens and White.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 21) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection and to
the brief and reply brief (Paper Nos. 17 and 20) for the appellant’s arguments
thereagainst.
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