Appeal No. 97-0740 Application 08/144,818 supports said backboard in position above and outside the dimensions of the cavity. THE REFERENCES The following references were relied on by the examiner: Gross 2,144,148 Jan. 17, 1939 Lange 2,340,540 Feb. 01, 1944 Naideth 3,108,803 Oct. 29, 1963 Sheets et al. (Sheets) 3,233,898 Feb. 08, 1966 Haubert Des.216,684 Mar. 03, 1970 Sinner 3,722,886 Mar. 27, 1973 Koether 4,220,981 Sep. 02, 1980 Andersen 4,330,101 May 18, 1982 Gordin et al.(Gordin) 4,712,167 Dec. 08, 1987 D’Annunzio 4,789,156 Dec. 06, 1988 Anastasakis 4,869,501 Sep. 26, 1989 Aakre et al. (Aakre) 4,946,163 Aug. 07, 1990 THE REJECTIONS Claims 11, 12, 14 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Gross in view of D’Annunzio, Gordin, Koether and Haubert. Claim 13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Gross in view of D’Annunzio, Gordin, Koether and Haubert as applied to claims 11, 12, 14 and 18 above and further in view of Lange. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007