Appeal No. 97-4183
Application 08/424,128
Kistler 3,261,413 Jul. 19, 1966
Miller et al. (Miller) 3,645,346 Feb. 29, 1972
Russian publication 2 SU 861537 Sep. 7, 1981
Claims 9-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Miller or the Russian publication in
view of Kistler.
The examiner’s rejections are explained on pages 4 and 5
of the answer. The arguments of the appellants and examiner
in support of their respective positions may be found on pages
3-6 of the brief and pages 6-8 of the answer.
OPINION
We have carefully reviewed the appellants’ invention as
described in the specification, the appealed claims, the prior
art applied by the examiner and the respective positions
advanced by the appellants in the brief and by the examiner in
the answer. As a consequence of this review, we will sustain
the rejection of claims 9-14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
2 Translation attached.
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