Appeal No. 97-0608
Application 08/287,143
MacGregor 4,997,134 Mar. 5,
1991
Watts 5,181,614 Jan. 26,
1993
(filed Apr. 5,
1991)
Claims 1 and 3 through 12 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Barben.
Claims 13 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Barben in view of Reba.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's explanation of
the above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and appellants regarding the rejec-
tions, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No.
18, mailed
August 27, 1996) for the examiner's reasoning in support of
the rejections, and to appellants' brief (Paper No. 15, filed
April 26, 1996) for appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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