Ex parte ALCONE et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 96-2143                                                          
          Application 08/046,056                                                      


          Ivers et al. (Ivers)            4,887,699    Dec. 19, 1989                  

          Froeschle et al.  (Froeschle)   4,981,309    Jan.  01, 1991                 




               The following rejection is the sole rejection before us                
          for review.                                                                 

               Claims 9, 15, and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103              
          as being unpatentable over Froeschle in view of Ivers.                      

               The full text of the examiner's rejection and response to              
          the argument presented by appellants appears in the                         
          supplemental examiner’s answer of July 29 1996., while the                  
          complete statement of appellants’ argument can be found in the              
          main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 13 and 16).3                              
                                       OPINION                                        
               In reaching our conclusion on the issues raised in this                
          appeal, this panel of the board has carefully considered                    




               An appeal brief supplement (Paper No. 19) was submitted in response to3                                                                     
          an order for compliance (Paper No. 18).                                     
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