Appeal No. 97-2548
Application No. 08/381,545
and to a method of doing so. The subject matter before us on
appeal is illustrated by reference to claim 1, a copy of which
can be found in an appendix to the Appeal Brief.
THE REFERENCE
The reference relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection is:
Dieguez et al. (Dieguez) 5,382,422 Jan. 17, 1995
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
as being anticipated by Dieguez.
Claims 4 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Dieguez.
The rejections are explained in Paper No. 4.
The opposing viewpoints of the appellants are set forth in
the Brief.
OPINION
In reaching our decision on the issues raised in this
appeal, we have carefully assessed the claims, the prior art
applied against the claims, and the respective views of the
examiner and the appellants as set forth in the Answer and the
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