Appeal No. 96-2393 Application 08/147,961 Powell 4,130,951 Dec. 26, 1978 Daniel 4,234,907 Nov. 18, 1980 Lin 4,611,416 Sept. 16, 1986 Rodgers 4,848,009 July 18, 1989 Claims 63 through 66, 68, 69 and 74 through 81 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Lin in view of Daniel and Rodgers. Claims 67 and 70 through 73 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Lin in view of Daniel and Rodgers as applied above, and further in view of Powell. Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full commentary with regard to the above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellants regarding the rejection, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 13, mailed February 5, 1996) for the exam- iner's reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appel- 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007