Ex parte HAAR et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 95-4590                                                          
          Application 08/056,188                                                      



                    Claim 24 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                 
          being unpatentable over Seasafe #4055, Soubie and Hagert.                   


                    Rather than reiterate the examiner's full explana-                
          tion of the basis for the above-noted rejections and the                    
          conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellants              
          regarding the                                                               


          rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper               
          No. 14, mailed May 19, 1995) and the supplemental examiner's                
          answer (Paper No. 16, mailed January 4, 1996) for the exam-                 
          iner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to              
          appellants' brief (Paper No. 13, filed April 7, 1995) and                   
          reply brief (Paper No. 15, filed July 24, 1995) for appel-                  
          lants' arguments thereagainst.                                              


          OPINION                                                                     
                    In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have                  
          given careful consideration to appellants' specification and                
          claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the re-                 

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