Appeal No. 95-4371 Application No. 08/064,440 The following references are relied upon by the examiner in support of his rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) and 35 U.S.C. § 103: Rost et al. (Rost) 2,687,209 Aug. 24, 1954 Garden 3,274,707 Sept. 27, 1966 German Patent (Feighofen) 3 803,689 Apr. 9, 1951 Russian Patent (Bogomazov) 3 1,668,225 Aug. 7, 1991 The grounds of rejection are as follows: 1. Claims 1, 3 through 7 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Feighofen (the cited German reference). 2. Claims 12 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Feighofen in view of Rost. 3. Claim 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Feighofen in view of Rost and Garden. 4. Claims 17 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Feighofen in view of Bogomazov (the cited Russian reference). 3Translation attached. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007