Appeal No. 96-2779
Application 08/151,944
The § 103 rejection of 1, 3, 4 and 7-14 as being
unpatentable over Brown in view of Moorhead is affirmed with
respect to claims 1, 3 and 9-13, but is reversed with respect
to claims 4, 7, 8 and 14.
The § 103 of claims 5, 6 and 15 as being unpatentable
over Brown in view of Moorhead and Giliberti is affirmed with
respect to claim 5, but is reversed with respect to claims 6
and 15.
In addition, we have made a new rejection of claims 1, 3,
5 and 9-13 pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b).
The decision of the examiner is affirmed-in-part.
In addition to affirming the examiner’s rejection of one
or more claims, this decision contains a new ground of
rejection pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)(amended effective Dec.
1, 1997, by final rule notice, 62 Fed. Reg. 53,131, 53,197
(Oct. 10, 1997), 1203 Off. Gaz. Pat. & Trademark Office 63,
122 (Oct. 21, 1997)).
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