Appeal No. 96-2505
Application No. 08/122,417
Schwab et al. 0 355 6822 Feb. 28, 1990
(published Eur. Pat. Application) (Schwab)
Long 0 369 389 May 23, 1990
(published Eur. Pat. Application)
Nagorski et al. 3903796 Aug. 16, 1990
(published Federal Republic of Germany Pat. Application)
(Nagorski)
Claims 25 through 53 and 55 through 58 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Schwab.
Claims 25 through 64, all of the claims on appeal, stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Schwab
in view of Long, Nagorski and Jacobs.
We refer to the brief and reply brief and to the answer for
a complete exposition of the opposing viewpoints expressed by the
appellants and the examiner concerning the above noted
rejections.
OPINION
We will sustain the examiner's section 103 rejection but not
the section 102 rejection.
For the section 102 rejection to be proper, the Schwab
reference must clearly and unequivocally disclose the subject
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