Appeal No. 2001-0261
Application 08/546,050
Claims 3, 4, 6, 10-13, 18, 19, 35, and 37-40 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Sapiejewski '387.
Claim 29 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Sapiejewski '387 and Sapiejewski '868.
Claims 17, 20, 21, 23-25, 27, 29-31, and 43-45 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Sapiejewski '868.
Claims 26 and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Sapiejewski '868.
Claims 1, 7-9, 17, 20, 36, 41, and 42 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Vermorel in view of
either Gorlke or Jensen.
We refer to the final rejection (Paper No. 5) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 12)
(pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the examiner's
rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 11) (pages referred to as
"Br__") and reply brief (Paper No. 14) (pages referred to as
"RBr__") for a statement of appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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