Appeal No. 97-3097
Application 08/030,488
Claims 1 and 12, the two independent claims, are
illustrative of the subject matter involved, and are
reproduced in the appendix hereto.
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Bergstrom et al. (Bergstrom) 4,249,076 Feb. 3, 1981
Wade 4,250,266Feb. 10, 1981
Ohtake et al. (Ohtake) 4,314,029 Feb. 2, 1982
Bereziat 4,456,138 June 26, 1984
Bellio 4,735,508 Apr. 5, 1988
Pailler 4,907,443 Mar. 13, 1990
Storar et al. (Storar) 5,088,612 Feb. 18, 1992
Waters 0 340 902 Nov. 8, 1989
(European patent application)
The appealed claims stand finally rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 on the following grounds:
(1) Claims 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 12 and 15, unpatentable over
Waters in view of Bergstrom, Bellio and Pailler.
(2) Claim 7, unpatentable over the combination of
references applied in ground (1), further in view of Wade.
(3) Claims 9 to 11, unpatentable over the combination of
references applied in ground (1), further in view of Ohtake.
(4) Claims 13 and 14, unpatentable over the combination
of references applied in ground (1), further in view of Storar
and Bereziat.
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