were found allowable prior to the final rejection. The
examiner indicates in the examiner's answer that claims 2-5, 7
and 8 are
objected to as being dependent from a rejected claim but
appear to contain allowable subject matter. Therefore, we
will consider the rejections of claims 1, 6 and 9-17 in this
appeal.
THE REFERENCES
The following references were relied on by the
examiner:
Korth 4,516,855 May 14,
1985
Cohn et al. (Cohn) 5,076,696 Dec. 31,
1991
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 6 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph as being indefinite. Claims 1 stands
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Korth. Claims 10-17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as2
being unpatentable over Korth in view of Cohn.
Rather than reiterate the entire arguments of the
appellant and the examiner in support of their respective
The examiner indicates in the answer that claim 92
contains allowable subject matter if the rejection under 35
U.S.C. § 112 is overcome.
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