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- 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007