Appeal No. 96-1918
Application 08/196,931
Swinney2 4,769,517 September 6,
1988
Selker 4,780,707 October 25,
1988
Gart 4,862,165 August 29,
1989
McGonigal et al.3 5,012,048 April 30,
1991
Clark 5,132,672 July 21,
1992
Burger et al. (Burger) 5,311,208 May 10,
1994
(filed October 3,
1991)
Nishiwaki et al. (Nishiwaki )4 60-126727 July
6, 1985
(Japanese Kokai)
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Nishiwaki and Clark. In the Examiner's
Answer the examiner entered a new ground of rejection of
claim 1 under § 103 over Clark alone.
Claims 2 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Nishiwaki, Clark, and Burger.
Swinney is cited but has not been applied in any2
ground of rejection in the Final Rejection or the Examiner's
Answer.
McGonigal is cited but has not been applied in any3
ground of rejection in the Final Rejection or the Examiner's
Answer.
Our understanding of Nishiwaki is based upon a4
translation prepared by the Patent and Trademark Office, a
copy of which accompanies this decision.
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