Ex parte NIEBAUER - Page 4




          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.                                     


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