Appeal No. 95-4673 Application 08/097,759 The references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejections of the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are: Haney, Jr. (Haney) 2,753,094 July 3, 1956 Kesterson Des. 276,760 Dec. 18, 1984 Hayes 4,527,720 July 9, 1985 Claims 10 through 12 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Hayes in view of Kesterson. Claims 14 through 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Hayes in view of Kesterson as applied to claim 10 above, and further in view of Haney. Rather than reiterate the examiner's explanation of the above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellant regarding those rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 13, mailed April 21, 1995) for the examiner's full reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellant's brief (Paper No. 12, filed March 13, 1995) for appellant's arguments thereagainst. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007