Appeal No. 94-3608
Application 07/844,980
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Brown 3,157,218 Nov. 17, 1964
Greiner 3,759,306 Sep. 18, 1973
Russell 3,830,275 Aug. 20, 1974
Mamada et al. (British '048) 2,190,048 Nov. 11, 1987
(UK Patent Application)
Kazuyuki (Japanese '403) 63-240403 Oct. 6, 1988
4,724,878 (English Language
Equivalent)
Japan (Japanese '305) 2-169305 June 29, 1990
313,361 (English Language
Equivalent)
Okuno (Japanese '904) 58-128904 Aug. 1, 1983
(Japan)
The prior art admitted by the appellants on pages 1 and 2 of the
specification.2
THE REJECTIONS
The following rejections stand under 35 U.S.C. § 103:
(1) Claims 1 through 3, 8, 10, 13 through 15 and 22 through
25 on the basis of Japanese '904, Japanese '403, Russell, Brown
and British '048.
2 We note that the examiner has failed to list the admitted
prior art as a reference on pages 2 and 3 of the Answer, although
it has been applied in two of the rejections of the appellants'
claims (pages 11 through 16).
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