Appeal No. 95-2081
Application 07/825,778
Sherman 3,793,980 Feb. 26, 1974
Small 4,689,026 Aug. 25, 1987
The claims remaining on appeal stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows:
a) claims 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 12, 15, 18, 21, 27, 30, 33
and 38 under § 103 as being unpatentable over Small; and
b) claims 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20,
22 and 34 under § 103 as being unpatentable over Small in view
of Sherman.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full explana-
tion of the above-noted rejections and the conflicting view-
points advanced by the examiner and appellant regarding those
rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper
No. 24, mailed January 7, 1993), the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 29, mailed February 22, 1994) and to the supplemental
examiner's answer (Paper No. 32, mailed November 16, 1994) for
the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejec-
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