Ex parte BERGER - Page 3




          Appeal No. 95-4134                                                          
          Application 08/099,090                                                      


          Loudon                        2,732,842           Jan. 31, 1956             
          Bisberg                       3,913,740           Oct. 21, 1975             
          Garnier                       Des. 241,381        Sep. 07, 1976             
          Ciarcia et al. (Ciarcia)           4,932,520           Jun. 12,             
          1990                                                                        
          Woodriff                      5,031,772           Jul. 16, 1991             


          Claims 1 through 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,                   
          second paragraph as being indefinite for failing to                         
          particularly point out and distinctly claim that which                      
          appellant regards as his invention.                                         

          In addition to the foregoing rejection, the appealed                        
          claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and § 103 as                    
          follows:                                                                    

          a) claims 1, 3 and 4 under § 102(b) as being anticipated                    
          by Bisberg;                                                                 

          b) claims 13 through 16 under § 103 as being unpatentable                   
          over Bisberg;                                                               

          c) claims 1, 2, 11 and 12 as being unpatentable over                        
          Garnier in view of Ciarcia;                                                 

          d) claims 1, 5 through 10 and 13 as being unpatentable                      
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