Appeal No. 96-2445 Application 08/289,801 The following references are relied on by the examiner:2 Boufarah et al. (Boufarah) 5,127,091 June 30, 1992 Rasbold et al. (Rasbold) 5,202,975 Apr. 13, 1993 (filed June 10, 1992) Claims 9 through 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon Rasbold in view of Boufarah. Rather than repeat the positions of the appellants and the examiner, reference is made to the brief and the answer for the respective details thereof. OPINION We reverse the outstanding rejection of all pending claims on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 103. In rendering this decision, we assume for the sake of argument that both We note that page 2 of the Answer lists three additional references2 cited by the examiner. Since they have not been relied upon in the formulation of any rejection of any claim on appeal, they have not been considered. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007