Appeal No. 95-2233
Application 07/978,014
Morner et al. (Morner) 2,667,473 Jan. 26, 1954
Feyen et al. (Feyen) 5,230,892 Jul. 27, 1993
Narayanan et al. (Narayanan) 5,231,070 Jul. 27, 1993
THE ISSUES
In the Final Rejection mailed February 1, 1994 (Paper No.
4), the examiner sets forth a number of rejections:
(1) Claims 2 through 6, 8 and 9 under 35 USC § 112, first
paragraph, as based on a non-enabling disclosure;
(2) Claims 2 through 6, 8 and 9 under 35 USC § 112, second
paragraph, as indefinite;
(3) Claims 2 and 4 under 35 USC § 102(b) as described by
Japanese Patent 3007202;
(4) Claims 2, 4, 6, 8 and 9 under 35 USC § 103 as
unpatentable over a combination of five references, including
Feyen and Morner but not Narayanan; and
(5) Claims 2 through 6 and 8 under 35 USC § 103 as
unpatentable over a combination of six references, including
Feyen, Narayanan, and Morner.
The advisory actions (Paper Nos. 6, 8 and 10) do not
indicate that applicants have overcome any of the foregoing
rejections. Nevertheless, in the Answer, the examiner only
refers to two rejections and relies on three references as
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