Appeal No. 96-3618 Application 08/004,598 17. Claims 1, 5, 66, 67, 71-74, 76, and 77 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Gillig and Schellinger (new ground of rejection in SEA). 18. Claim 28 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Gillig, Stoodley , Sakanishi, and3 Schellinger (new ground of rejection in SEA). 19. Claim 47 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Gillig, Yorita, and Schellinger (new ground of rejection in SEA). 20. Claims 65, 68, 70, and 75 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Gillig, Schellinger, and Emmert (new ground of rejection in SEA). 21. Claim 69 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Gillig, Schellinger, Emmert, and Hong (new ground of rejection in SEA). The Examiner's rejection (SEA17) inadvertently omits3 mention of Stoodley, which is applied to the rejection of claim 27 from which claim 28 depends. - 9 -Page: Previous 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007