Appeal No. 96-1445
Application 08/371,684
Hirsch 3,077,816 Feb.
19, 1963
Ernstoff et al. (Ernstoff) 4,006,968 Feb.
08, 1977
Collender 4,290,083
Sep. 15, 1981
Hornbeck 5,061,049 Oct.
29, 1991
Claims 1 to 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As
evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the
collective teachings of Hirsch, Collender, Hornbeck and
Ernstoff.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellants and
the examiner, reference is made to the briefs and the answer
for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We sustain the above noted rejection of all claims on
appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Although the examiner appears
to contend in portions of the answer that certain teachings of
one reference could be used in another reference and that
other features can be substituted in the teaching of another
reference, the essential point of the examiner is correct,
that being that the collective teachings of the references
clearly would have indicated to the artisan that a planar
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