Appeal No. 96-3543
Application No. 08/153,623
established with regard to the subject matter thereof, and we
will sustain the rejection.
Claim 15 adds to claim 14 the color feature discussed
above with regard to claim 1 et al. As we explained there, we
find this to be lacking in the applied prior art, and we
therefore will not sustain the rejection of this claim.
SUMMARY
The examiner’s rejection of claims 1-7, 9-12, 15 and 16
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is not sustained.
The examiner’s rejection of claim 14 under 35 U.S.C. §
103 is sustained.
Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 1.196(b), a new rejection of
claims 1-7, 9-12 and 14-16 has been entered under 35 U.S.C. §
112, second paragraph.
The decision of the examiner is affirmed-in-part.
In addition to affirming the examiner’s rejection of one
or more claims, this decision contains a new ground of
rejection pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)(amended effective Dec.
1, 1997, by final rule notice, 62 Fed. Reg. 53,131, 53,197
(Oct. 10, 1997), 1203 Off. Gaz. Pat. & Trademark Office 63,
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