Appeal No. 96-3313
Application 08/148,101
The references applied by the examiner in the final
rejection are:
Enloe 4,895,568 Jan. 23,
1990
Mesek 4,938,754 Jul. 3,
1990
Nomura et al. (Nomura) 5,055,103 Oct. 8,
1991
Roessler et al. (Roessler) 5,176,671 Jan. 5,
1993
The claims on appeal stand finally rejected as follows:
(1) Claims 1 to 5, 9, 11, 16 to 20, 24, 26 to 28 and 33,
unpatentable over Roessler under 35 U.S.C. 102(e)
(anticipation) or 103 (obviousness);
(2) Claims 10, 12, 13, 25, 29 and 30, unpatentable over
Roessler in view of Nomura, under 35 U.S.C. 103;
(3) Claims 14 and 31, unpatentable over Roessler in view
of Enloe, under 35 U.S.C. 103;
(4) Claims 15 and 32, unpatentable over Roessler in view
of Mesek, under 35 U.S.C. 103.
Considering first the rejection of independent claims 1,
16 and 27 as anticipated by Roessler under 35 U.S.C. 102(e),
we note that claims 1 and 27 require that the pair of opposed
ears be located on the front portion, whereas in Roessler ears
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