Appeal No. 97-1086 Application 08/326,604 Claims 1 through 3, 8 and 10 through 13 stand re- jected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Gallone. Claims 4, 5 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Gallone in view of Isert. Claims 6 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Gallone in view of Isert as applied to claim 4 above, and further in view of Neighbour. Reference is made to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 7, mailed August 29, 1996) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the above-noted rejections and to appellants' brief (Paper No. 6, filed June 12, 1996) for appellants' arguments thereagainst. decision. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007