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. -5-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007