Appeal No. 96-1293 Application 07/998,673 The examiner's rejection of claims 1, 4 through 6 and 14 through 18 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Ziegelman in view of Patena is sustained. The rejection of claims 2, 3, 10 and 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Ziegelman in view of Patena taken further in view of Paul is sustained with regard to claims 2, 10 and 11, but reversed as to claim 3. The rejection of claim 19 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Ziegelman in view of Patena as applied to claim 1 and further in view of Herndon is sustained. The rejection of claims 7, 9 and 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 based on Ziegelman in view of Patena, Paul and Morton is sustained as to claim 7, but is reversed as to claims 9 and 12. The rejection of claim 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Ziegelman in view of Patena and Misawa is reversed. 13Page: Previous 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007