Appeal No. 2001-2338
Application 08/996,360
Claims 23 through 26, 28 through 31 and 33 through 43 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Zapf
in view of Geraci.
Claims 27 and 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Zapf in view of Geraci as applied above,
and further in view of Lofty.
Claims 23 through 25 stand rejected for a second time under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Zapf in view of
Geraci.
Claims 33 through 38 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Zapf in view of Coates and Geraci.1
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejections and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellant
1 Claim 35 was amended subsequent to the final rejection in
a paper filed September 15, 2000 (Paper No. 20). The advisory
action following such amendment (Paper No. 23, mailed September
25, 2000) indicates that the amendment was approved for entry by
the examiner and that the rejection of claim 35 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph, in the final rejection was overcome.
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