Ex Parte Shearer et al - Page 2



          Appeal No. 2004-1892                                                        
          Application No. 10/197,472                                                  

          derived from a reading of exemplary claim 27, a copy of which               
          appears in the APPENDIX to the main brief (Paper No. 10).                   

               As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the               
          documents listed below:                                                     
          Muhlberger               4,815,410                Mar. 28, 1989             
          Vadney                   5,839,388                Nov. 24, 1998             

               The following rejection is before us for review.                       

               Claims 27, 31, and 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                   
          § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Muhlberger in view of Vadney.           

               The full text of the examiner's obviousness rejection and              
          response to the argument presented by appellants appears in the             
          final rejection and answer (Paper Nos. 6 and 11), while the                 
          complete statement of appellants' argument can be found in the              
          main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 10 and 12).                               






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