Appeal No. 96-1883
Application 08/078,380
THE REFERENCE
The sole reference relied upon by the examiner to support
the final rejection is:
Whelan 4,299,518 Nov. 10, 1981
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 2, 5, 8, 15, 17, 18, 22, 25, 28 through 32, 34 and
35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as
being based upon a specification which fails to adequately teach
certain aspects of the invention that are recited in these
claims.
Claims 1, 2, 5, 8, 15, 17, 18, 22, 25, 28 through 32, 34 and
35 also stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph,
as failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the
subject matter which the appellants regard as their invention.
Claims 1, 2, 8, 15, 17, 18, 22, 25, 34 and 35 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Whelan.
Claims 5 and 28 through 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Whelan.
The rejections are explained in the Examiner's Answer.
The opposing viewpoints of the appellants are set forth in
the Replacement Brief.
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