Appeal No. 96-1293 Application 07/998,673 The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner as evidence of obviousness of the claimed subject matter are: Paul 3,229,431 Jan. 18, 1966 Ziegelman et al. (Ziegelman) 3,461,633 Aug. 19, 1969 Morton et al. (Morton) 3,717,965 Feb. 27, 1973 Misawa 3,719,015 Mar. 6, 1973 Patena 3,845,592 Nov. 5, 1974 Herndon 4,738,061 Apr. 19, 1988 Claims 1, 4 through 6 and 14 through 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Ziegelman in view of Patena. Claims 2, 3, 10 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Ziegelman in view of Patena as applied to claim 1 above, and further in view of Paul. Claim 19 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Ziegelman in view of Patena as applied to claim 1 above, and further in view of Herndon. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007