Appeal No. 97-0593 Application 08/365,906 Claims 1 through 5, 7, 10, 11 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Stashko in view of Warren. Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Stashko in view of Warren as applied above, and further in view of Holma. Claims 12 through 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Stashko in view of Warren as applied to claim 11 above, and further in view of Romagnolo. Rather than reiterate the examiner's full explanation of the above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellant regarding those rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 13, mailed July 1, 1996) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellant's brief (Paper No. 12, filed May 22, 1996) and reply brief (Paper No. 14, filed July 22, 1996) for appellant's arguments thereagainst. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007