Appeal No. 97-0740 Application 08/144,818 Claim 15 stand 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 Andersen. Claims 16 and 19 stand 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 Aakre and Anastasakis. Claim 17 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 Sheets. Claim 20 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 Sinner and Naideth. Rather than reiterate the entire arguments of the appellants and the examiner in support of their respective positions, reference is made to the appellants’ brief (Paper No. 14) and the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 20) for the full exposition thereof. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007