Appeal No. 95-3985 Application No. 08/016,644 Three new references cited herein were relied upon by the examiner for the first time in the Supplemental Examiner’s Answer. The references of record are:2 Bowers III (Bowers) 3,116,226 Dec. 31, 1963 Brizzolara et al. 3,682,872 Aug. 8, 1972 (Brizzolara) Apotheker et al. 4,035,565 Jul. 12, 1977 (Apotheker) Lagow et al. (Lagow) 4,621,107 Nov. 4, 1986 Imbalzano et al. 4,743,658 May 10, 1988 (Imbalzano) Nakahara et al. 4,948,844 Aug. 14, 1990 (Nakahara) Logothetis 4,972,038 Nov. 20, 1990 THE REJECTIONS The rejections of record are as follows . 3 2The references of record cited by the examiner improperly excluded a reference to Lagow, relied upon by the examiner in the rejection of claim 11. It is cited herein to correct the record. 3At the outset the record is unclear as to which of the rejected claims correspond with each set of references. The examiner in the second Final Office Action, Paper No. 9, dated (continued...) 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007