Appeal No. 97-4206
Application 08/662,263
1903
(Germany)3
The admitted prior art illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings
and described on pages 7 and 8 of the specification. (the
admitted prior art)
The claims on appeal stand rejected in the following
manner:
(1) Claims 1, 2, 7, 8 and 22 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the admitted prior art in view of
Brooker, Rohrer '143 or Favreau;
(2) Claims 1-4 and 22 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the admitted prior art in view of Smith or
Rohrer '142;
(3) Claims 5, 7 and 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the admitted prior art in view of Yamagishi
or Herder; and
(4) Claim 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over the admitted prior art in view of Herder or Favreau.
3 Translation attached.
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