Appeal No. 1996-4176
Application No. 08/287,915
THE REFERENCES OF RECORD
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the
following references.2
Kempf et al. (Kempf) 2,076,568 Apr. 13, 1937
Japan Patent 62-74044 Apr. 4, 1987
(Japan ‘044)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 31, and 33 through 37 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the admitted prior
art in view of Kempf.
Claims 8 through 12 and 33 through 37 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Japan (‘044).
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments
advanced by appellants and the examiner. We agree with
appellants that the aforementioned rejection over the admitted
prior art in view of Kempf is not well founded. Accordingly,
2We refer in our decision to the translation of Japan
(‘044) translated by the Ralph McElroy Translation Company for
the United States Patent and Trademark Office in October 1996.
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