Ex parte D'SILVA - Page 3




          Appeal No. 97-0615                                                          
          Application 08/359,664                                                      


          examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                              
          Alfandari                          2,547,242                Apr.            
          03, 1951                                                                    


          Hymmen                        4,656,907                Apr. 14,             
          1987                                                                        
          Clark                         4,936,175                Jun. 26,             
          1990                                                                        

          Claims 1 through 7, 18 and 19 stand rejected under 35                       
          U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Clark in view of                    
          Alfandari.                                                                  

          Claims 8 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                     
          being unpatentable over Clark and Alfandari as applied to                   
          claims 1 and 18 above, and further in view of Hymmen.                       

          Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement 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 September 5, 1996) for the examiner's reasoning              

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