Appeal No. 96-1422 Application 08/048,339 Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 6 to 12, which constitute all the claims that remain in the application. The following references are relied on by the examiner: Harper et al. (Harper) 5,122,949 June 16, 1992 Berk et al. (Berk) 5,367,674 Nov. 22, 1994 (filed Dec. 13, 1991) Claims 6 to 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies on Berk in view of Harper .2 Rather than repeat the positions of the appellants and the examiner, reference is made to the brief and the answer for the respective details thereof. OPINION An amendment filed after final rejection and entered by the examiner2 led the examiner to withdraw an outstanding rejection from the final rejection of claims 6 to 12 under the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007