Appeal No. 1995-4851
Application 08/167,656
Groppelli et al. (Groppelli) 3,793,229 Feb. 19,
1974
Manzer et al. (Manzer) 4,766,259 Aug. 23,
1988
Corbin et al. (Corbin) 5,321,170 Jun. 14,
1994
Scipioni et al. (Scipioni) 1,000,485 Aug. 4,
1965
(British patent specification)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Manzer in view of Groppelli and Scipioni,
and also stand rejected under the doctrine of obviousness-type
double patenting over claims 1-12 of Corbin in view of Manzer.
OPINION
In parent Application 07/672,875, a rejection under 35
U.S.C. § 103 of the same claims as in the present application
over Manzer in view of Groppelli, and a provisional
obviousness-type double patenting rejection over the
application which issued as the Corbin patent, were affirmed
by the board (Appeal No. 93-0865). In its opinion (page 3),
the board stated that in the event of further prosecution, a
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