Appeal No. 97-3345 Application 08/332,936 McGugan 4,298,221 Nov. 3, 1981 Roberts 4,865,359 Sept. 12, 1989 St. Onge 4,958,959 Sept. 25, 1990 Sweeney 5,015,014 May 14, 1991 Shibahara et al. (Shibahara) 5,104,263 Apr. 14, 1992 The following rejections are before us for review. Claims 14 through 18, 33, and 34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over McGugan in view of Sweeney and St. Onge. Claim 19 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the art as applied to the claims above, further in view of Roberts or Kessler. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007