Ex parte UTTER et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 2002-0263                                                        
          Application No. 09/377533                                                   


          reading of exemplary claim 6, a copy of which appears in the                
          APPENDIX to the brief (Paper No. 10).                                       


               As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the               
          documents listed below:                                                     


          Weston et al.            636,598                       Nov.  7,             
                                                                 1899                 
          (Weston)                                                                    
          Goda et al.              3,327,904                     Jun. 27,             
                                                                 1967                 
          (Goda)                                                                      
          Dempsey                  5,287,994                     Feb. 22,             
                                                                 1994                 

               The following rejection is before us for review.                       

               Claims 6 through 9 and 11 through 15 stand rejected under              
          35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Goda in view of               
          Weston and Dempsey.                                                         


               The full text of the examiner's rejection and response to              
          the argument presented by appellants appears in the answer                  



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