Ex parte WHICKER, JR. - Page 3




          Appeal No.97-2716                                                           
          Application 08/261,772                                                      


               (3) claim 2 as being unpatentable over Adams in view of                
          Latimer, Wolff and Hadzicki;                                                
               (4) claims 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 18 as being unpatentable               
          over Adams in view of Latimer, Wolff and Hull;                              
               (5) claim 11 as being unpatentable over Adams in view of               
          Latimer, Wolff and Goff;                                                    
               (6) claim 13 as being unpatentable over Adams, Latimer,                
          Wolff and Nowell;                                                           
               (7) claims 15 and 16 as being unpatentable over Adams in               
          view of Latimer, Wolff, Hull and Hadzicki;                                  
               (8) claims 17 and 19 as being unpatentable over Adams in               
          view of Latimer, Wolff, Nowell and Hull;                                    
               (9) 21-23 as being unpatentable over Adams in view of                  
          Latimer, Wolff, Hull and Hadzicki; and                                      
               (10) claim 24 as being unpatentable over Adams in view of              
          Latimer, Hull, Hadzicki and Nowell.                                         
               The examiner’s rejections are explained on pages 3-13 of the           
          Office action dated November 2, 1995 (Paper No. 6).                         
                                       OPINION                                        
          Rejections (1) and (3) through (8):                                         
               Each of these rejections is bottomed on the examiner’s view            
          that it would have been obvious to (A) make the arrow-like                  

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