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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