Appeal No. 97-1025 Application No. 08/183,571 first paragraph is reversed; the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 2, 5, 12 to 15, 21, 23, 25 to 29 and 37 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph is reversed; the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 to 3, 6, 8, 10 to 15, 20, 38 and 40 to 44 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by, or in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kato is reversed; the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 to 8, 10 to 12, 20, 21, 23, 25 to 33, 35, 37, 38, 43 and 44 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by, or in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Niemeyer is reversed; the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 2, 5 to 7, 20 to 33, 37 and 38 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by, or in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Rose is reversed; the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 2, 6, 7, 20 to 33, 35, 37 and 38 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by, or in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Scheibert is reversed; the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 to 4, 6, 8, 10 to 15, 20 to 32, 35, 38 and 40 to 44 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by, or in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Ahrens is reversed; a new rejection of claims 3, 8, 10, 11, 20, 25Page: Previous 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007