Appeal No. 97-2722 Page 5
Application No. 08/329,840
Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the French reference 112,504 in view of
Edmonds and Laiti as applied to claims 1 and 2 above, and
further in view of Zopfi, Dworman, and Silverman.
Claims 5 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the French reference 112,504 in view
of Edmonds, Laiti, Zopfi, Dworman, and Silverman as applied to
claims 1 and 4 above, and further in view of Bass.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the § 103
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 12, mailed October 9, 1996) and the supplemental
examiner's answer (Paper No. 14, mailed February 18, 1997) for
the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to the appellant's brief (Paper No. 11, filed
June 6, 1996) and reply brief (Paper No. 13, filed December 9,
1996) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
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