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). 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007