Appeal No. 95-3985
Application No. 08/016,644
§ 103(a) as unpatentable over Nakahara in view of Bowers.
Claim 11 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over Imbalzano or Nakahara with Bowers in view of
Lagow (4,621,107).
The examiner, in the Supplemental Examiner’s Answer,
added three additional grounds of rejection which are as
follows.
Claims 6, 10 and 17 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as unpatentable over Imbalzano or Nakahara in combination with
Bowers and further in view of Logothetis (4,972,038).
Claims 6, 10 and 17 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as unpatentable over Imbalzano or Nakahara in combination with
Bowers and further in view of Brizzolara (3,682,872).
Claims 6, 10 and 17 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as unpatentable over Imbalzano or Nakahara in combination with
Bowers and further in view of Apotheker (4,035,565).
OPINION
At the outset, examiner and appellants have agreed upon
grouping of the claims into three separate and distinct
groups. In contrast to their position, our decision is based
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