Appeal No. 2002-0339
Application 09/226,252
We sustain the rejection of claim 18 stands under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Lowden in view of Slater,
Patch, and Hawley. The argument that each of the Knight, Patch,
and Hawley references fails to cure the deficiencies of the
Lowden patent is not convincing in light of our earlier
determination that the Lowden patent is not deficient, contrary
to the assertion of appellant.
In summary, this panel of the board has sustained the
rejections under the first and second paragraphs of 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, the anticipation rejection, and the obviousness
rejections, but for the obviousness rejection of claim 22.
The decision of the examiner is affirmed-in-part.
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