Appeal No. 95-3421
Application 08/045,323
Armao 3,134,380 May 26,
1964
Hall 4,416,663 Nov.
22, 1983
Miskinyar 4,894,054 Jan.
16, 1990
Spier et al. (Spier) 4,921,490 May 1,
1990
Hart 5,188,614 Feb.
23, 1993
Boese 5,195,983 Mar. 23,
1993
The claims stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over the following combinations of references:
1. Claims 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 20 and 21, over Hall in view of
Boese or Spier.
2. Claims 13 and 18, over Hall in view of Boese or Spier,
further in view of Armao.
3. Claims 10 and 15, over Hall in view of Boese or Spier,
further in view of Miskinyar.
4. Claim 17, over Hall in view of Boese or Spier, further in
view of Hart.
We will first consider the rejection of claim 21, the
broadest claim on appeal.
Appellant and the examiner both seem to agree (brief,
page 4; answer, page 4) that the recited structure differs
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