Appeal No. 97-0071
Application No. 08/263,033
Claims 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the references as applied to claims 1 through
3, 5, 6, 9 and 10 above, and further in view of Vartanian.
Claims 11, 13 through 15, 18, 19 and 21 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Schwennicke in view of
Vartanian and Barnhart.
Claim 20 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the references as applied to claims 11, 13
through 15, 18, 19 and 21 above, and further in view of Marcheck.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and the appellant regarding the § 103 rejections, we
make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 10, mailed
July 26, 1996) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support
of the rejections, and to the appellant's brief (Paper No. 9,
filed June 18, 1996) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellant's specification and
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