Appeal No. 98-0985 Page 4
Application No. 08/271,022
Claims 42, 43, 49, 50, 52 and 72-74 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Airy in view of
Dalebout.
Claims 44-47 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Airy in view of Dalebout, Whitelaw and
Hughes.
Claim 51 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Airy in view of Dalebout and Makansi.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 17, mailed March 17, 1997) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellants'
brief (Paper No. 16, filed December 23, 1996) for the
appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
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