Appeal No. 97-0441
Application No. 08/511,841
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Kimball 5,084,920 Feb. 4,
1992
Veal 5,307,524 May
3, 1994
Claims 2, 4, 5 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Kimball in view of Veal.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of
the above-noted rejection and the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and appellant regarding the
rejection, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 18, mailed May 9, 1996) for the examiner's reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to appellant’s brief (Paper No.
17, filed May 1, 1996) and reply brief (Paper No. 19, filed
July 9, 1996) for appellant’s arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellant’s specification and claims,
to the applied prior art references, and to the respective
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