Appeal No. 98-3125
Application Nos. 08/294,730, 90/003,655, 90/003,826 and
90/004,552
reproduced from the Appendix to appellants’ brief, is attached
to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Wehr et al. (Wehr) 3,457,975 July 29,
1969
Hill 4,362,195 Dec.
7, 1982
Svensson 4,374,533 Feb. 22,
1983
Sepling 4,774,987 Oct. 4,
1988
Claims 1 through 3, 5, 6, 9 through 14, 16 through 18 and
20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Sepling in view of Hill or Wehr.
Claim 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Sepling in view of Hill or Wehr as applied
above, and further in view of Svensson.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of
the above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and appellants regarding those
rejections, we make reference to the Office action mailed
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