Appeal No. 96-2455 Application 08/223,323 Gemy 1,062,196 Apr. 20, 1951 (French) Schenz 3,419,728 Nov. 11, 1985 (German) Horn 3,500,928 July 17, 1986 (German)2 Claims 1 through 7, 9 through 12, 18 through 21 and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Schenz in view of Nail and Gemy. Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Schenz in view of Nail and Gemy as applied above, and further in view of Horn. Reference is made to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 25, mailed December 13, 1995) for the examiner's full reasoning in support of the above-noted rejections. A com- plete exposition of appellants' arguments thereagainst are 2A copy of a translation of each of the above-noted foreign documents prepared by or for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is attached to this decision. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007