Ex parte KUBITZ - Page 5




                     Appeal No. 97-2116                                                                                                                                                
                     Application 07/789,802                                                                                                                                            


                                (d) claim 6, rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103, as being                                                                                                  
                     unpatentable over Cvacho ‘423 in view of Hoffman, Cvacho ‘927                                                                                                     
                     and Nixon as applied in rejection (c), and further in view of                                                                                                     
                     Roales and Potts;                                                                                                                                                 
                                (e) claims 7 and 9, rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103, as                                                                                                 
                     being unpatentable over Cvacho ‘423 in view of Hoffman, Cvacho                                                                                                    
                     ‘927,                                                                                                                                                             





                     Nixon, Roales and Potts as applied in rejection (d), and                                                                                                          
                     further in view of Conklin;3                                                                                                                                      
                                (f) claim 20, rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b), as being                                                                                              
                     anticipated by Hoffman;                                                                                                                                           
                                (g) claims 10, 12-14, 16 and 19-24, rejected under 35                                                                                                  
                     U.S.C. § 103, as being unpatentable over Hoffman in view of                                                                                                       
                     Cvacho ‘423 and Roales, and further in view of Cvacho ‘927 and                                                                                                    
                     Nixon;                                                                                                                                                            


                                3On page 7 of the answer, the examiner appears to have                                                                                                 
                     inadvertently failed to include Roales and Potts in the                                                                                                           
                     statement of the rejection of these claims.                                                                                                                       
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