Appeal No. 97-1393
Application 08/456,349
Bradley 3,854,168 Dec. 17, 1974
Tanner 4,338,703 July 13, 1982
Ivy 4,506,411 Mar. 26, 1985
Owens 5,049,110 Sept. 17, 1991
Claims 1, 9 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Owens in view of Tanner.
Claims 2 through 8 and 13 through 19 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Owens in view
of Tanner as applied above, and further in view of Bradley.
Claims 10 through 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Owens in view of Tanner as
applied to claim 9 above, and further in view of Ivy.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement
of the above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and appellant regarding the
rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper
No. 16, mailed January 29, 1996) and the examiner's answer
(Paper No. 19, mailed October 24, 1996) for the reasoning in
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