Appeal No. 98-0459 Application 08/658,719 As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the documents listed below: Nathan 3,768,633 Oct. 30, 1973 Artz 4,044,933 Aug. 30, 1977 Cuppari 4,909,382 Mar. 20, 1990 Jessen 4,925,017 May 15, 1990 The following rejections are before us for review. Claims 1 through 3, and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Jessen in view of Cuppari and Nathan. Claim 4 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Jessen in view of Cuppari and Nathan, applied above, further in view of Artz. The full text of the examiner's rejections and response to the argument presented by appellants appears in the answer (Paper No. 9), while the complete statement of appellants’ argument can be found in the brief (Paper No. 8). 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007