Ex Parte Rhoades - Page 4

                 Appeal 2007-0796                                                                                      
                 Application 10/236,088                                                                                
                                                THE REJECTIONS                                                         
                        The Examiner relies upon the following as evidence of                                          
                 unpatentability:                                                                                      
                 Klophaus    US 2,029,236  Jan. 28, 1936                                                               
                 Fisher     US 2,111,362  Mar. 15, 1938                                                                
                 Joseph    US 2,549,098  Apr. 17, 1951                                                                 
                 Grosskopf    US 5,727,819  Mar. 17, 1998                                                              
                 Mengel    US 6,360,462 B1  Mar. 26, 2002                                                              
                 Genuise    US 6,641,390 B2  Nov. 04, 2003                                                             
                 Jeter     US 6,793,075 B1  Sep. 21, 2004                                                              
                        The following rejections are before us for review.                                             
                 (1) Claims 1-7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by                              
                 Klophaus.                                                                                             
                 (2) Claims 11, 12, 14-16, 19-22, 25, 27, 28 and 33 stand rejected under 35                            
                 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Genuise.                                                            
                 (3) Claims 11, 12, 14-17, 19, 21, 22, 25-28 and 33 stand rejected under 35                            
                 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Fisher.                                                             
                 (4) Claims 11, 12, 14-17, 19-22, 25-28 and 33 stand rejected under 35                                 
                 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Joseph.                                                             
                 (5) Claims 1-7 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as                                       
                 unpatentable over Mengel in view of Klophaus and Fisher.                                              
                 (6) Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over                             
                 Mengel in view of Klophaus, Fisher and Jeter.                                                         
                 (7) Claims 18, 29-31, 34, 36, 37 and 39 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                                
                 § 103(a) as unpatentable over Fisher in view of Jeter and Mengel.                                     
                 (8) Claim 35 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable                                 
                 over Fisher in view of Grosskopf.                                                                     



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